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Far from providing clarity, the new regulations will need litigation to decide the effect of the insolvency provisions (longer version of October 2006 briefing article)
Reply to article on selection for Diploma and traineeship places by Michael Torrance in the September 2006 Journal
President's message: Whatever the context, communication and open dicussion is proving the best way of achieving results
The UK Government's U-turn on compulsory home condition reports provided by sellers should be reflected in Scotland by a rethinking on purchasers' information packs
Report on the "Balancing the Scales of Justice" debate on independence of the profession, with summaries of the keynote speeches
Every aspect of legal education and training is about to come up for grabs as the Society launches its biggest ever consultation exercise
The Tommy Sheridan case is only one of four Scottish defamation actions this year that have each thrown up notable issues for the lawyer
Issues in enforcing contact orders against the recalcitrant behaviour of the residence parent, with reference to the recent case involving a lesbian couple
A family lawyer calls for the model of the Glasgow family court to be followed in other parts of Scotland
The Society has held a workshop with disabled people to discuss ways of making its services more acessible
A reminder that under the Code of Conduct for Criminal Work, only a business card and legal document should be given to a person in custody
Terms of a draft revised practice guideline on advertisements offering fixed rate "legal fees" or similar
Revised version of paragraph 11 (discrimination) of the Code of Conduct, updated in light of recent legislative changes
How the peer review system in civil legal aid has worked as the first cycle concludes, with some advice as to the sort of issues that arise most regularly
How two advocates seek to shake up the marketing of counsel's services by establishing chambers separate from Faculty Services
Ongoing EU reforms to create a true European marketplace for retail financial products and services, such as mortgages, should be on solicitors' radars
Advice against complacency over the possibility of fraud being perpetrated by a member of staff, and some warning signs to look out for
File notes and their relevance in relation to the effective management of risk in any legal practice
Balancing the benefits from efficient data sharing with the need to safeguard individual privacy is perhaps the biggest challenge facing the public sector
Latest criminal cases, including provocation; sentencing; jury directions; aspects of fairness
The question facing the Scottish Parliament's Communities Committee as it resumes consideration of the Planning Bill
The pilot scheme for test purchases of alcohol by those under 18 is throwing up some interesting legal issues
Far from providing clarity, the new TUPE regulations will need litigation to decide the effect of the insolvency provisions
Reports relating to Eileen Dommer; David Robert Seagrave
Websites that let you turn long, unwieldy web addresses into something compact
Review of Access Rights and Rights of Way (Paisley)
The in-house lawyer's perspective on whether a line can be drawn between law and regulation
Scheme reduces returns of deeds and cuts administration