In the battle to win work, knowing human nature is more important than knowing the law. Read my latest comment piece in the The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland here.

Tim Marshall’s bestseller, Prisoners of Geography, looks at how countries’ foreign policy is shaped profoundly by their physical landscape. Read my latest comment piece in the The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland here.

There is a direct link between lawyers’ fear of failure and their general ineptitude at selling themselves. Read my latest comment piece in the The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland here.

A couple of months ago in this column I discussed the parallels between practising medicine and practising law, Read my latest comment piece in the The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland here.

It is a pity that Esther Roberton’s review of Scottish legal regulation is so long on assertions, and short on solutions. Read my latest comment piece in the The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland here.