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October 2007
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Your voice will count
The new President’s first message brings an update on the important projects currently in hand to take the profession forward
Does justice need fixing?
Extending the Crown’s rights of retrial on the basis of the outcome of the “World’s End” case could be the thin end of a very large wedge
A case for trial?
A report on experience to date with the Glasgow reparation pilot court, and whether the model might be capable of wider use
The tide for change
Report on the Law Society of Scotland's conference on delivering Scottish legal services, addressed by the Justice Secretary among others
New lawyers for all
The Society's New Lawyers' Coordinator introduces the three-year plan, the New Lawyers' Engagement Strategy, launched this month
Leaving the profession
Author attempts to find the truth behind the opinion sometimes voiced that a lot of recently qualified solicitors are leaving the law
Three proposals
Further important legislative developments in family law have been foreshadowed by three different sets of proposals published during the summer
Society to look out for late PC renewals
A note of the subscription fees for 2007-08, and a warning that late renewal of practising certificates may be treated as professional misconduct
OISC and solicitors' files
The Society's obligations to the Immigration Services Commissioner when she is investigating complaints
Options ahead on standards
The Society will shortly be appealing for profession and public comment on options for proposed new professional standards
IHT procedure changes
New process from 5 November 2007 for making an initial payment of inheritance tax by cheque
Know the need, know the cure
A suggested strategy to overcome the lack of knowledge that can be a serious barrier to increasing your business with existing clients
The file at your fingertips
How one family legal practice discovered the way to transform its prospects, and those of the next generation of solicitors, through IT
Fraud: making your strategy work
Strategies to combat the risk of fraud (part 2 of 2): the importance of training and compliance monitoring
A wider view
Latest criminal cases (and other developments), covering the SCCRC; sentence discounts; ASBOs; search warrants; road traffic penalties; disqualification
Pub games reborn
The Gambling Act 2005 has many ramifications for licensees of pubs and clubs who offer gaming facilities
Working with OSCR
The Charity Regulator's view of a number of sticking points with the 2005 Act, and some developments in the regulatory environment
Goal to Leeds
An insolvent football club has helped clarify the rules on administrators' liability for payments under contracts of employment
"We're all doomed" - or are we?
The Westminster and Holyrood governments are both promising Climate Change Bills. Can they make an impact?
Website reviews
Reviews of sites relating to the European Parliament
Book reviews
Review of Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (Cross and Ford)
Out of my depth?
Author's 10-point plan to combat the instinctive response of feeling insecure when plunged into change
Court bars in-house privilege
In-house lawyers' attempts to win recognition of legal professional privilege have been rebuffed by the European Court of Justice in Akzo Nobel Chemicals v Commission
Leases: the war is over?
Author argues that most of the leasing work of commercial property lawyers is redundant and it is time they found more fertile ground for their skills
ARTL picks up speed
Several dozen transactions have been successfully completed via automated registration, and the system is gathering momentum
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