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."