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January 2022

Youthful excess: what price?
Coming into force this month, the new guideline on sentencing young people provoked conflicting views during consultation. This article explains the thinking and attempts to answer the critics
A trauma-informed guideline
A trauma specialist psychotherapist writes on how the new sentencing guideline should support trauma-informed practice
Spoofing and hacking: how secure is your email account?
In association with LawWare: We are all aware of the potential dangers of fraud when it comes to our emails. So, what are the main issues that you might face when dealing with malicious email?
Thriving in a pandemic
A new start in 2013; Law Firm of the Year in 2021. The Journal met the founders of Jones Whyte to find out what lies behind the firm’s growth and success
Seeking remedies for the abused
The solicitor for the pursuer in A v Glasgow City Council reflects on what her firm has learned about clients pursuing such cases and asks how the profession can offer better support

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Regulars

  • People on the move: January 2022
  • Book reviews: January 2022
  • Reading for pleasure: January 2022

Perspectives

  • Opinion: Adam Tomkins
  • President's column: January 2022
  • Profile: Antony McFadyen
  • Editorial: Another year
  • Viewpoints: Success fees – an anomaly

Features

  • Youthful excess: what price?
  • A trauma-informed guideline
  • Thriving in a pandemic
  • Seeking remedies for the abused
  • A chequered race
  • COVID vaccine: in the child's interests?
  • Open government for lawyers
  • COVID and the claimant: reworking future loss
  • Tradecraft tips

Briefings

  • Civil court: Hearing cases in a new way
  • Insolvency: A claim on the administrators?
  • Licensing: The shape of things to come?
  • Planning: Towards 2045 – the NPF4 roadmap
  • Immigration: Is arrival a crime?
  • Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal

In practice

  • A message from new CEO Diane McGiffen
  • Towards the equitable workplace
  • Why take the risk?
  • QES: the who and how
  • Missives: when e-signature won’t work
  • Ask Ash: Up against a bully

Online exclusive

  • Uneasy relationship between adjudication and insolvency
  • All is fair in... disciplinary procedures?
  • Exclusionary rule and pre-contract negotiations
  • Where lightning strikes twice

In this issue

  • Spoofing and hacking: how secure is your email account?
  • Market for craft and fine art is alive and well
  • Restrictions and records: auctioneer year of discovery
  • The importance of expertise in adding value at auction

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