the magazine : Apr 2004
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FeaturesComing out brighterReport on the key speeches from the 2004 annual conference, devoted to the subject of money laundering New model armyThe issues most relevant to Scots lawyers in the consultation paper for England and Wales published by Sir David Clementi Offices of profitVariations in levels of overheads, capital and debtors revealed by the 2003 Cost of Time Survey, and some exercises to determine fee-earners' profitability When girl meets boyThe Gender Recognition Bill and its effects A question of identitySome insights into the genealogist's work in an executry administration Witnessing a new dawnInterview with Frank Russell, head of the Witness Service in Scotland |
Articles
Vibrant and in good heart
President's message: visiting local faculties around Scotland has shown the profession to be in excellent form despite current concerns
Terms of endearment
Many solicitors still dislike terms of engagement letters, but used properly they improve quality, efficiency and even increase fees
Going for a WEEE? Think again
New regulations mean that everyone will have to dispose of all ageing eletrical and electronic equipment in an environmentally friendly way
Roadshow ahead
Ahead of the 2004 series of the Society's Risk Management Roadshow, a look at some of the topics considered as part of last year's roadshow
Putting theory into practice
Second of two articles on practice management training, explaining how an analytical framework means less time on theory and more for practical examples
Far from incidental
Firms currently authorised by the Society for incidental investment business, and many that are not, are about to be affected by extended regulation of mortgage and insurance advice
Dealing with a fact of life
Profile of the Society's Client Relations Department through its Deputy Director Mary McGowan
Contempt with impunity?
Latest criminal cases, including contempt of court; sentencing discounts; appeals; statements; Moorov rule; human rights
Winding up the Europeans
The English courts have taken a bold approach to jurisdiction under the EU Insolvency Regulation
Green light for Nature Bill?
The Nature Conservation Bill, then completing its passage, makes substantial changes to the protections for sensitive habitats
Website reviews
Reviews of websites concerning matters to do with professional ethics
Book reviews
Review of Criminal Procedure
Keeper's Corner
Update from the Registers, including SDLT; post-feudal burdens; company securities; ARTL; direct debit payments; community interests
The new law of real burdens
Fourth of six-part article on the law of real burdens post-feudal abolition
Housing Improvement Task Force
Further progress towards the single survey pilot scheme
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."