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Scottish legal news headlines

RSS News Feed14 Mar 2010 

12.03.10 | Society pleased at Justice Committee report

Welcome for recommendations to strengthen independence

12.03.10 | Justice Committee offers “cautious support” on reforms

Committee also notes divisions within profession

12.03.10 | Tayside legal firm appoints associate

Liam McMonagle joins Thorntons' intellectual property team

12.03.10 | Dates set for ABS referendum

Society's members will be able to vote online or by post

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Feature articles

On the record

Report on the round table discussion convened by Information Commissioner Kevin Dunion, on freedom of information in Scotland after five years in force

ABS workout

Developments in legal services reform and the progress of the bill over the past month, with two contrasting standpoints from the legal profession

Know your books

Strengthening your financial management could be critical to success as challenging times continue, is the message from the analysis of the 2009 Cost of Time Survey

Family business and business families

The opportunities for legal firms in providing advice to family businesses, as the Society investigates whether there is a gap between what is on offer and what such clients are looking for

Forum of choice?

The Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 gives the country a cutting-edge law with which it can develop expertise as a centre for arbitration - if practitioners promote it

A right to silence?

Noise, like other environmental concerns, is increasingly being viewed as raising human rights issues. This article examines how far the development has progressed

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The Society has published a consultation on regulatory principles which could apply to licensed legal services providers as a result of the Legal Services (Scotland) Bill being passed. Click here to view
 

 

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