A mismatch between the intra-UK jurisdictional rules for divorce and for maintenance, highlighted by a Court of Appeal decision, means advisers must tread carefully
Communities now have a right to buy land that is abandoned or neglected, even if the owner has no intention of selling. This article describes the process and the tests to be applied
Following his client suffering serious health problems due to stress caused by failed property transactions, a solicitor makes a plea for the profession to take urgent corrective action
The authors argue that it is time a London museum released the remains that were unlawfully snatched on the way to a man's funeral
The fuller account of the main issues of interest arising from the In-house Counsel Worldwide Summit in Toronto
In this issue
- Cross-border maintenance claims: a sprint and a marathon
- Community right to buy: the new scope
- Missives: time to add a penalty
- A tall but true tale: Charles Byrne, the Irish Giant
- Toronto: the Scottish perspective
- Reading for pleasure
- Opinion: Amanda Ward
- Book reviews
- Profile: Heather McKendrick
- President's column
- Keeper addresses key issues
- People on the move
- 250 and counting
- Keynote legal excellence
- Strategic thinking?
- Recovery of electronic documents: time for guidance?
- The perils of parking
- Judicial appointments: the concerns remain
- Undefended claims: the limits of intervention
- Statutory guidance: it’s coming back
- LBTT group relief: a retrospective fix
- Putting the squeeze on rejections
- Community right to buy land: a PSG update
- The Planning Bill: a case for further development
- Legal's leading role
- Global picture
- ICW: the Scottish perspective
- First-time buyer relief: a Revenue Scotland update
- Public policy highlights
- Scots host four-way golf international
- Conveyancers beware!
- Ask Ash
- Expenses: a bone of contention
- R is for... ?
- Paralegal pointers
