Cover of The Journal Vol.48 Iss.1, Jan 2003

the magazine : Jan 2003

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Articles

Obituary: John Downie Herd

Obituary: John Downie Herd

Obituary: Bill Liddell

Obituary: Bill Liddell

The tyranny of fact pleadings

American academic argues that Scottish pleadings, relying on advance knowledge, favour defenders and over-deter pursuers

Bringing human rights to the prison population

Tony Kelly, solicitor, talks about cases brought by prisoners alleging that conditions in prison breach human rights

Pragmatic solutions to udal law

Keeper’s update in issues including the Insolvency Act 2000, udal law and ARTL

Take care framing pleas in law

Latest civil cases, including pleadings; evidence; decrees by default; separation of proof; expenses

Everything but the kitchen sink?

The issue of database rights continues to be applied inconsistently by courts across the EU

Serving solicitors in time of need

Chairman of Legal Defence Union talks about the benefits of membership, which remains at a disappointing level

Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal

Reports relating to Richard John Hogarth Hetherington; Robert Alistair Young

Website reviews

Reviews of sites relating to tax law

Rough guide to controlling critical dates

Practical risk management issues that ought to assist in preventing time bar problems identified in previous month’s article

Europe

EU roundup on civil law and competition law, and report of President’s welcome to Solicitor General at Brussels office

Plain speaking

Part 7 of a series encouraging lawyers to use plain language in dealings with clients (punctuation)

Book reviews

Review of Family Law in Scotland

From the Library>

The name game: rebranding legal firms

"Every firm's name is its brand ... It may be that more should be aiming to be punchier and more easily remembered even where a generic type brand is not possible or appropriate."

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