President's message: the consultation on business structures raises issues as fundamental as whether we want a legal profession, and if so, what it might look like
Opinion that family lawyers should continue the public sharing of ideas in order to achieve the most effective methods of dispute resolution
Defence lawyers claim that Scottish Legal Aid Board proposals to reform summary criminal payments will be the final straw that drives them out of business
The first of four articles on the summary criminal justice reforms sets out the aims of the legislation and the main procedural reforms
Summary of the Law Society of Scotland's consultation paper on alternative business structures, now open to comment from all solicitors and other interested parties