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September 2007
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Nothing new under the sun
Multi-diciplinary practices are coming, and present opportunities for small firms as well as large to improve their prospects for the future
ABS - Actual Benefit Soon?
Different solicitors' opinions as to whether the public will benefit from alternative business structures, plus a proposed scheme for regulating MDPs
A chance to succeed?
The Scottish Law Commission has new proposals to align the system of prior and legal rights with modern social conditions
Killing in company
The main provisions and likely practical impact of the new legislation on corporate homicide
Longer arm of the law
An overview of the work of Eurojust, a collaboration of EU prosecutors and judges, and its relationship with other law enforcement agencies
Agents... a commercial view
A recent House of Lords decision has clarified the approach to be taken when assessing the compensation due to a commercial agent on termination of their agreement
Bad language
Author calls on lawyers to be alert to the implications of the choice of language in expert reports, and reports on recommended best practice from Canada in writing reports
Remote gambling - all bets off?
A host of legal issues concern the remote, or online, gaming industry, and much has happened within the past year at home and abroad
What makes a team?
Using their experience of Diploma students working on virtual transactions, the authors identify different styles of working and assess their strengths and weaknesses
Managing the fraud risk
Having a sound strategy is key to effective management of risk, and no less so when addressing the vulnerability of law firms to the risk of fraud
Duties to the court
Latest civil cases, including assigned diets; remit to the sheriff court; caution; amendment; recall of decree of divorce; expenses; proof of insolvency
Copycats: another nine lives?
The Unfair Commercial Practices Directive seeks to outlaw copycat packaging among other practices, but the draft UK regulations would have few teeth
Activity in the courts
A roundup of the most important decisions on agricultural law from those issued in recent months
Invoking the UCCJEA
Enforcement in the USA of orders relating to children has become simpler under a scheme enacted in 1996, but care must still be taken over its adoption by each state
The men in black
Recent cases involving top footballers highlight the growing use of arbitration in resolving disputes with (or between) sporting bodies
Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal
Repots relating to John Atuahene; Michael Alan Grant McNiven; Marie Angelo Land; Paul Francis Belton, Shahid Sattar Pervez and Celine Bell
Website reviews
The House of Lords website, and others relating to the House
Book reviews
Review of Law, Practice and Conduct for Solicitors (Paterson and Ritchie)
Big names, big issues for annual conference
Preview of this year's In-house Lawyers Group Annual General Meeting and Symposium
Meet the Committee: Cameron Ritchie
Profile of In-house Lawyers Group committee member
Contaminated land - where are we now?
Two recent English cases highlight the significance of the contaminated land regime, and the need for the greatest care over the history of land in any transaction
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