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  5. December 2020

December 2020

Homeworking: a journey
Working from home has been a blessing for some, a curse for others – but many are searching for the best balance. We report on the 2020 Journal employment survey, which lifts the lid on lockdown
Now we are... 25!
In association with Frasia Wright Associates: Frasia Wright Associates is celebrating 25 years of recruiting lawyers and building trust
Cybersecurity in a year of crisis
In association with Mitigo: a must read for law firms, their leaders and everyone responsible for security and business resilience
The Hague Convention: a 40-year evolution
How The Hague Convention on Child Abduction has evolved with our understanding of children’s maturity, and with the concepts of habitual residence and consent, since it was ratified 40 years ago
Signed away? Privatisation and human rights
Why should realisation of human rights depend on the public or private status of a service provider? That experience with contracted-out services was not the intention behind the Human Rights Act

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Regulars

  • People on the move: December 2020
  • Reading for pleasure: December 2020
  • Book reviews: December 2020

Perspectives

  • Opinion: Emma Jardine
  • President's column: December 2020
  • Editorial: December 2020
  • Viewpoints: December 2020
  • Profile: Fiona Robb

Features

  • Homeworking: a journey
  • The Hague Convention: a 40-year evolution
  • Signed away? Privatisation and human rights
  • Intervening for equality

Briefings

  • Jury still out on verdicts
  • Corporate: My turn(over) or yours? Or theirs…
  • Intellectual property: Key role against climate change
  • Agriculture: A right less exercised
  • Sport: Widening the contract safety net
  • Property: Only "part of" the story
  • Property: Barony Register in new hands
  • In-house: Use your experience

In practice

  • Your Law Society of Scotland Council members
  • The Word of Gold: Works of friction
  • Risk: Conveyancing in the COVID era and beyond
  • The Eternal Optimist: Taking on the inner critic
  • Ask Ash: A friend in need

Online exclusive

  • Charities and the Equality Act
  • Online pricing: the CMA is watching
  • Insolvency: HMRC moves up the rankings
  • Brexit and family law: where are we now?
  • Brexit, Schrems II and international data transfers

In this issue

  • Now we are... 25!
  • Cybersecurity in a year of crisis
  • Can your client experience become a Toy Story?
  • Potential tax changes mean it’s time to talk succession
  • Is financial stress impacting your work?
  • Cloud technologies enable better client service

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