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July 2006
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Challenging times
President's message: fundamental legal issues are at the centre of public debate; the Society is engaged on all fronts and encourages awareness and involvement
A block on service
Opinion column: family lawyers are another group who are increasingly giving up legal aid work due to the payment system, to the detriment of society as a whole
Revving up for debate
The Justice 2 Committee report on the Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Bill has approved its principles but with numerous action points for the Executive
LLB confidential
Alistair Bonnington suggests how to make the LLB more relevant to practice. Patrick Phillips QC argues that intending practitioners should find other ways to qualify
Clean break under attack
Author disagrees with Lord Hope's view that Scots law is too restrictive to achieve a fair settlement in some divorce cases involving high-earning spouese
The hokey-cokey Chancellor
Author's survey of the Budget and Finance Act finds the Chancellor guilty of serious meddling, in the small print of what was supposedly a dull Budget (part 1 of 2)
Switching channels
Author follows his interview with "The Apprentice" contestant Karen Bremner, by speaking to some solicitors who have made a successful move into business
The Chancellor gets it REIT
With the introduction of real estate investment trusts the Chancellor has achieved the rare feat of bringing in a measure that has few if any critics
Executries sponsored feature
Articles from specialists in tracing missing heirs, and valuers of coins and medals
Obituary: Harry Flowers
Appreciation of Harry Flowers, one of the founders of the Glasgow Bar Association
Commissioners move
New premises for Social Security and Child Support Commissioners
Mortgage advice guideline
Professional Practice Committee guideline on property schedules and promotion of a firm's mortgage advice service
The EU and the criminal
Criminal practitioners need to be aware of the increasing pace of European initiatives in co-operation between the various authorities
Case for the defence
The time has come for criminal court practices that have not yet adopted online ways of working to take the plunge, as public bodies prepare to dispense with paper systems
To act or not to act... that is the question!
Vetting and engagement issues that arise when considering, taking on and handling private client work
A summary matter
Latest civil cases, including party litigants; options and procedural hearings; minutes of admissions; summary decree; appeals and interlocutors; English solicitors' fees
Ireland 4, Italy 0
The European Court has delivered its long-awaited guidance on jurisdiction in insolvency proceedings
The route ahead
Two current bills will have a big impact on the approval of major transport infrastructure projects
Scottish Solicitors Discipline Tribunal
Reports relating to John Taylor; Douglas Andrew Logie Winchester; William James Mackay
Website reviews
What the internet has to offer the lawyer who loves a good podcast
Book reviews
Reviews of Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (Franks and Cobb); Divorce in the Sheriff Court (Bennett)
Is that burden dead yet?
Real burdens post-feudal abolition, covering rules of interpretation, interest to enforce and methods of extinction and variation (part 2 of 2)
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