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There are two relevant forms: Application for First Registration as a Foreign Lawyer – RFL1 – this is the appropriate form if you are a foreign lawyer making your first application to be a registered foreign lawyer.

The purpose of the European Lawyer Regulations is to implement the Directive in Scotland. This rule 6 makes provision in respect of applications for registration with the Society by European lawyers pursuant to regulation 16 of the European Lawyer Regulations

An applicant shall apply in writing to the Society for registration by completing (so far as applicable to him) and submitting an application in such form as the Council shall from time to time prescribe, and by making payment of such application fee(s) as the Council shall from time to time prescribe.

There is no bar to lawyers qualified in another jurisdiction working in Scotland, provided they do not describe themselves as "solicitors" and do not do certain types of work reserved by statute for Scottish qualified solicitors

Registration of Foreign Lawyers and Multi-national Practices

You must act with other regulated persons in a manner consistent with persons having mutual trust and confidence in each other.

You must never knowingly give false or misleading information to the court. You must maintain due respect and courtesy towards the court while honourably pursuing the interests of your clients.

Advice and Information for solicitors on how to certify a Power of Attorney when you are not able to be in the same physical location as the granter.

You shall not practise as a manager unless you hold an unrestricted practising certificate.

Where a sum of money is to be retained at settlement of a conveyancing transaction, the conditions upon which it is retained should be set out in writing at settlement.

The rules and regulations listed in Schedule 3 are hereby revoked and such revocation shall have the equivalent effect as would the repeal of an enactment by an Act of Parliament pursuant to section 16 of the Interpretation Act 1978.

Course of Training in Evidence, Pleading and Procedure. The following matters are to be included in the course of training

Course of Training in Evidence, Pleading and Procedure The following matters are to be included in the course of training

Course of Training in Evidence and Pleading. The following matters are to be included in the course of training

Practice Rules governing our members' anti-money laundering compliance

Electronic storage of files may be a practical way of dealing with storage.

This Glossary includes all the defined terms contained in Schedule 1 to the Law Society of Scotland Practice Rules 2011, as referred to in Rule A2: Definitions and Interpretation.

Schedule 2 is referred to in Rule 5.2 in Section A of the rules. It details the rules which the Council has no power to waive.

Schedule 3 is referred to in Rule 6.1 in Section A of the rules. It details the rules which are revoked by the 2011 rules, subject to the savings provisions in Rule 6.2 in Section A.

The Scottish New Build Standard Clauses (Edition 1)

Aberdeen: Standard Missive Aberdeen Deed of Declaration 2007

The Professional Practice Committee and the Council confirm that where money or deeds are sent to be held as undelivered pending purification of a condition, they should be so held if the condition is not purified. Settlement will not take place until they can be treated as delivered.

Rule D9.2 prohibits solicitors and others from sharing "with any unqualified person any profits or fees or fee derived from any business transacted by you of a kind which is commonly carried on by regulated persons in Scotland in the course of or in connection with their practice"; with certain limited exceptions.

Information for the profession on the use of social media