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February 2023

Helping hand
Nadia Cook faced an uphill struggle to qualify as a Scottish solicitor. Now she is building a resource to provide others of similar background with the knowledge she lacked, as she tells the Journal
Ukraine: a lawyer’s part
As the Ukraine war enters its second year, one lawyer tells how she left her desk job for a mission to secure a food supply to internal refugees in the country
Human rights at the Covid-19 Inquiries
What a human rights based approach in the Scottish and UK Covid-19 Inquiries may look like
Court clarity and commercial reality
An Inner House decision has brought welcome clarity to the requirements for assignation of standard securities, and to the redaction of commercially sensitive documents
New year, new tax rules
A quick reminder of recent and upcoming changes in the tax world which are most likely to be relevant to private client and tax practitioners

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Regulars

  • People on the move: February 2023
  • Book reviews: February 2023
  • Reading for pleasure: February 2023

Perspectives

  • Opinion: Edward Gratwick
  • President's column: February 2023
  • Editorial: Open to all?
  • Viewpoints: February 2023
  • Profile: Ester Aracil

Features

  • Helping hand
  • Ukraine: a lawyer’s part
  • Human rights at the Covid-19 Inquiries
  • Court clarity and commercial reality
  • New year, new tax rules

Briefings

  • Criminal court: Court declines rape sentence guidelines
  • Employment: Reopening discipline proceedings – fair do?
  • Family: Mediation – will Scotland catch up?
  • Human rights: Abortion, protests and safe access zones
  • Pensions: A good funding challenge for employers?
  • Property: Title conditions – what’s in a name?
  • Property: Scottish Barony Register – 2022 annual report
  • Property: QES in a post-Covid world

In practice

  • Public policy highlights: February 2023
  • Accredited paralegal roundup
  • Risk: Wills – the signing pitfalls
  • Keep the faith with fax
  • Calculating your carbon footprint
  • Digital focus in new SLCC rules
  • The Trades House: a charity funds management option
  • The Society in a changing world
  • Ask Ash: Homeworking when ill?

Online exclusive

  • The cybercriminal ecosystem: evolution and extortion
  • Asperger’s and incapacity
  • Greening competition law
  • Common good: ancient status and modern law

In this issue

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  • Digital marketing for law firms
  • Journal index 2022

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