the magazine : May 2005
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FeaturesOne house, many roomsAn overview of the "Property Matters" annual conference plus a highlighted contribution from each of the five sessions Bad companyDiscussion of whether, following publication of the draft Corporate Manslaughter Bill, legislation on either side of the border will serve any real purpose Tender and trueWhat is changing, and what is not, in competitive tendering procedures as regulations are prepared to implement new EU directives Beware the pitfallsDuties of solicitors as employers in relation to the Protection of Children Act, if they engage anyone likely to have unsupervised contact with a child Alien investors in the USSome practical difficulties for executry practitioners faced with shares in United States companies Getting the message acrossInterview with Caroline Flanagan as she prepares to take up office as the Society's President |
 
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Articles
Leaving on a high
President's message: "Property Matters" conference was a fitting climax to a year in office which has seen many successes for the Society
The JAB: why it isn't working
Opinion that the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland's 50% lay membership and failure to use available information on candidates, results in a mixed record
Budgeting and beyond
Final of four articles on developing a workable strategy explains how the budget can be used to ensure that the strategy is on track and value is being created
Let's play tag
The potentially wide application of radio frequency identification chips in reducing the risk of clinical negligence claims
Same old story
Sample of recent conveyancing claims on the Master Policy reveals that it is still the relatively simple things that tend to go wrong
Council life
A younger solicitor co-opted to the Society's Council describes the benefits to set against the commitment involved
Should the party pay?
Latest civil cases, including reponing notes; decree by default; summary decree; proof; taking children's views; appeals; expenses
Unintended effects?
The proposed reduction in separation periods prior to divorce could produce hardship unless further steps are taken
A fine Profile
Comment on Profile Software Ltd v Becogent Ltd, in which the Court of Session construed an intellectual property agreement in a commercially workable manner
Public benefit?
Overview of the proposed EU constitution and what effect it will have on the way the EU relates to Scotland
The appeal of leave
Recent developments relating to leave periods, of interest to solicitors as employers as well as employment law practitioners
When is a cost not an expense?
Issues relating to costs and expenses of administrators and liquidators which have recently occupied the courts
Website reviews
Sites of solicitors' firms which offer automatic email updates on various legal topics
Book reviews
Review of Land Tenure in Scotland (Rennie)
What a waste!
Effects of the European Court Van de Walle decision on the UK regimes dealing with waste and contaminated land
How safe are your titles?
How one conveyancing blunder from many years ago was only rectified through the pragmatic approach of the Keeper
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."