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June 2006
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Independence first
President's message: The challenge of the next 12 months will be to highlight the importance of a profession free from state control
Stand up for our system
Opinion: The legal aid motion adopted by the special general meeting and the Society's Council was born of a deep anger at Scottish Executive indifference
The talking stops here
The implications of the Special General Meeting vote to withdraw co-operation from the Executive over legal aid
The bill: a half measure
Why the legal aid provisions of the Legal Profession Bill fail to satisfy service providers
Turning up the heat
The Legal Profession Bill and other regulatory developments continue to demand work by, and comment from, the profession in response
Strengthened or threatened?
Author's view that the Executive's consultation on strengthening judicial independence shows a lack of understanding and creates more of a threat
The patient approach
Interview with President of the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland, Eileen Davie on how the tribunals are fulfilling their new role
Another little job
Any solicitor with clients who have income arising out of their country of residence should be aware of the EU Savings Directive
Obituary: James H Campbell
Appreciation of James Campbell, former President of the Law Society of Scotland
Trainee salaries
Recommended rates from 1 June 2006
Late citation of witnesses
Professional Practice Department advice to give reasonable notice of proofs or trials to fellow professionals prior to citation as expert witnesses
The wars of the portals
Property shops need to gear up with the IT to fight the next battle against aggressive incomers to the market
The LLP factor
How converting to LLP may affect the exposure of individual partners/members to liability for claims, and impact on decisions concerning a firm's PII cover
Avoiding surprises
The pitfalls to beware of that can affect the parties' positions between valuing a pension for divorce purposes and the actual transfer of assets (part 3 of 3)
The temporary judge survives
Latest criminal cases, including changes in science as affecting appeals; sentencing; issues not raised at trial; road traffic; temporary judges
HMRC to the rescue
With LLPs as with work in progress, the Revenue has had to help mitigate the effect of changes in accounting practice
Core of the agreement
The judgment in the Apple Corps v Apple Computer case has provided food for argument
A debate to be resumed
Uncertainty reigns pending an appeal ruling on the validity of irritancy and resumption clauses with limited notice periods
The impact of human rights
Sporting bodies, though not strictly within the Human Rights Act, are proactively reforming their decision-making procedures so as to meet its standards
Website reviews
Reviews of legal sites crossing international frontiers
Book reviews
Review of Private Limited Companies: Formation and Management (Brough)
Is that burden dead yet?
The continuing enforceability of real burdens and ways of extinguishing them following feudal abolition (part 1 of 2)
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