Blogs & opinions
Letter: Conveyancing: how to fix the system?
A deposit system might address the problem of people failing to commit to a transaction
Have your say (again)
Thoughts on the autumn's bumper crop of consultations, in particular the Post-corroboration Safeguards Review
Can criminal lawyers defend themselves?
Why do those who are expert at defending others have such a poor public image?
Still arguing
The Society has managed to become a calling place for leading politicians, as devolution arguments continue
New return to work advisory service
Aim to facilitate return to work after four weeks' absence
Legal expenses insurance: check for it
Mardner v Gardner illustrates why you should
1 October: the latest changes
A roundup of legislation in force from 1 October 2014
Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill making progress
Provisions cover whistleblowing, tribunals, zero hours and minimum wage
Acas dress code: help for employers
Guidance on dress codes, tattoos and body piercings will help avoid claims
Life goes on – as we know it?
Why solicitors need to know about the Society's regulation consultations
Letter: Repossessions: bad practice
Why are lenders so unrealistic when selling a repossessed property?
Letter: Masters of cross-examination
Mastery of the brief is the key to success, but personal style can play a part
Cohabitants: a changing landscape
Post-Gow v Grant, the law continues to evolve
CMS? It'll cost you
Fees are now payable if resort is had to the Child Maintenance Service
Regulation or interpretation?
Reminders, if they were needed, about the difficulties that can ensue in interpreting the clauses of a minute of agreement
Expensive lesson
A salutary lesson in the vagaries of litigating financial provision cases in the sheriff court
Party litigants, and some dos and don'ts
Procedural points from some recent shrieval decisions
Contact: no presumption here?
A presumption for involvement of a parent in a child's life? Scotland and England appear to be differing
Fresh starts
A new look magazine this month, but the same focus on the important issues of the day
A complete Land Register?
A case study of the kind of obstacles that lie in the way
Title insurance – the solution?
Why not make more use of title insurance in resolving minor property-related matters?
Hate crime: an open letter
Solicitor protests against ineffective action by authorities against child homophobia
Dissolving the Union
Comment on "Scotland's Constitutional Future 2" and Scotland's status
People's choice
Does the draft interim constitution embody that the people are "sovereign"?