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President's message: the profession needs to examine what it can do to maintain the Scottish house purchase system and reinforce its benefits
A sole practitioner asks whether sole practitioners can hope to survive in the increasingly complex environment in which solicitors have to operate
Co-author of the Society's "Foundation Document" on professional legal education in the 21st century, sets out the background and the document's objectives
Second part of article on the year's Budget and Finance Act (Pensions, corporation tax, SDLT, avoidance schemes)
The UK's uncertain progress towards recognising a right to privacy has taken another twist with two recent decisions
Various IT providers describe currently available software
Consideration of a sample of matters intimated to the Master Policy insurers, to identify common themes and common solutions
Guidance approved by the Professional Practice and Civil Procedure Committees, for solicitors taking instructions from a child's legal representative or guardian in relation to a money claim on behalf
Last of four part series on retirement offers some tips to enhance the quality of post-working life
The major ramifications of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on accounting standards, the Basel II Agreement on bank capital, and the draft EU Auditing Directive, for IT managers and IT systems
Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal has a new website covering decisions since 1995
Recommended rates from 1 July 2004
Law Society of Scotland in conjunction with ICAS would like to provide free access for members to ICAS' electronic newsletter for tax matters
Procedures to be followed by the Inland Revenue in future where stamp duty land tax returns are incomplete
A commentary by the Society on the Quality Assurance Peer Review Scheme for civil legal aid, in force since 1 July 2004
Jim Wheelans – as he was affectionately known – was a man of many parts. He was a Borderer through and through; a soldier of distinction; and a pre-eminent solicitor in the field of private practice.
Latest criminal cases, including sentencing discounts; non-disclosure by Crown; support for proscribed organisations; circumstantial prof; road traffic
Two sets of rules in force from October 2004 rewrite employment tribunal procedure - and the requirements for bringing a claim
The Isles decision precluding recourse to the Child Support Agency where there is a registered minute of agreement has been questioned in the Outer House
New EU directive will add firepower to brand owners' weapons against infringement and piracy
Reports relating to Donald Stewart Duncan; Michael Charles Gray; Marie Angelo Land
Reviews of sites dealing with the meanings of words
Reviews of Glossary of Legal Terms; Social Work and the Law in Scotland
A paper from an Update seminar, on where the balance lies between law and practice in the modern conveyancing transaction, and some difficult situations to which the current law can give rise
A preview of the pending assumption of responsibility by the Financial Services Authority for regulation of mortgage arrears and repossessions