Dec Contents
President’s message: The year just ending had some good and bad bits, but the profession maintained its standards
Some lighthearted tips on how to survive the office Christmas party
Obituary – Sheriff Frank Middleton
Solicitors behind the first solicitors’ financial centres planned to open in Scotland explain their motives
The background to the Clementi review and the essential underlying issues facing the profession
Despite its higher profile south of the border, Scots lawyers involved in pro bono work remain generally reluctant to talk about their good deeds
How to find the official guidance currently available on service of documents in EU member states, and the language required in each state or region
Various contributions on the role solicitors can play in encouraging charitable giving in legacies
How setting out terms of engagement and terms of business assists solicitors to manage clients’ expectations and minimise the risk of claims
Sending unsolicited marketing emails has just become more hazardous due to new regulations designed to restrict the practice
Interview with Sir Neil McIntosh, Chairman of the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland
Recommended value of the Unit for 2004 and where to find changes to the Table of Fees
Obituary of Bill Adams, former accountant with the Society
Description of a pilot scheme to allow victims’ accounts of the impact of an offence to be tendered in court prior to sentencing
Society decides to terminate its public key infrastructure project Lawseal
A review of the current legislative programmes at Westminster and Holyrood
The Law Commissions have published a joint report recommending reforms to partnership law
Whether applications to allow questioning on a complainer’s sexual history are coming under sufficiently rigorous scrutiny
Report relating to James Ian McAllister Stewart Sloan
Religion or belief, and sexual orientation, are the latest subjects to be tackled by anti-discrimination employment legislation
An outline of the rights just brought into force under the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003
The Hague Convention on the International Protection of Adults (with incapacity) is ratified in the UK for Scotland only
Football’s governing bodies are claiming the power to impose severe penalties on insolvent clubs
Reviews of solicitors’ property centre websites
Review of Goff and Jones on Restitution
The Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002, in force in spring 2004, require careful study by property lawyers
Preparations are advancing for the introduction of the single survey pilot
An update from the Registers on how to live with stamp duty land tax