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What management steps may Scottish legal practices have to take in order to be seen to be properly compliant with equality, diversity and discrimination law and practice?
Lord Gill's review has the potential to improve environmental justice in Scotland
President's message: Suddenly, simple modern procedures are with us for sheriff court personal injury work. Just another sign of the changing times
Comment that many family law practitioners have concerns about the recommendations of the Gill review
Letters continuing the debate from the Israeli perspective
Solicitors who have opted to run a practice without an office explain what it takes, and who it might suit
Charities, and the individuals and businesses who support them, should always be alert to the most effective ways of giving – which may include timing for tax purposes
The EU is proposing a series of minimum procedural safeguards for defendants across the EU, but Scots law is well placed to comply
Report of a top-level seminar held by the Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow on Lord Gill's Scottish Civil Courts Review
A look at the Legal Services Bill as it will apply to practices with non-lawyer ownership, including some new regulatory rules that solicitors too might wish to adopt
Commentary from the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland on the results of the research into the legal profession's views and perceptions of the appointments system
Recent work of the Society's Law Reform Department, including public services reform, mental health, arbitration, file sharing and statutory interpretation
EU update on cross border estates, and VAT carousel measures
Tribute to Oban solicitor and former procurator fiscal
Outline of the changes to legal education and training, now nearing implementation, which will impact on all solicitors
Taking up the challenge in Richard Susskind's "The End of Lawyers?", a rural solicitor describes how his own practice went through the process of looking afresh at the services it provides
How a step-by-step approach to tackling a personal problem can help you find a way forward
Advice to a solicitor whose resident secretary in her new position is being less than welcoming
The benefits of business continuity management, and some practical tips for creating an effective business continuity strategy
Latest civil cases, including diligence on the dependence; jurisdiction; reponing; expenses in family actions; small claims – and a note on recent amendments to the rules
Now is the time for employers to take particular care to ensure that their recruitment processes are free from bias
The changes to determination periods and appeal procedure for planning applications under the new regime
A recent Scottish sheriff court appeal decision provides further guidance on jurisdiction matters for divorce
Legal aid rules for children's hearings have been amended in an attempt to correct a human rights deficit in relation to adults with learning difficulties
A recent sheriff court case has highlighted problems and uncertainties over the legislation covering the renewal of transitional guardianships to incapable adults
Reports relating to Ian MacLachlan Allan; Euan Charles Chisholm; Alan Leslie Grassick
Websites of some new law centres
Reviews of Licensing (Scotland) Act (Cummins); and a selection of forensic science texts
An in-house trainee and one from private practice who recently swapped places for three months, tell what they each gained from the experience
The proposed solutions to the difficulties created by the Park case on conclusion of missives are of doubtful effect, but the ARTL system is capable of being extended to meet the need