the magazine : Aug 2005
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FeaturesCalling timeLegal firms and organisations that have successfully introduced flexible working hours The anti-avoidance driveSecond and final part of article on the Budget and Finance Acts covers the tightening of SDLT rules and other changes affecting businesses The best option?Outline of the Law Society of Scotland's response to the consultation on regulation, with comments from solicitors and non-solicitors involved in complaints handling Radical designKey features of the Scottish Executive's white paper "Modernising the Planning System" Miscarriages of justiceThe relationship between the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission and the appeal court, and their respective views on what constitutes a miscarriage Information technologyFeature highlighting a number of services by which firms may be able to enhance the efficiency even of well established systems |
 
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Articles
A hotter than average July
President's message: thoughts of a quiet month with most people on holiday proved to be well wide of the mark
Advice for all, but what about justice?
Opinion that the "Advice for All" review will not achieve "access for all" without a consistent strategy as to the way individuals' rights are determined
IPS... keeping a watchful eye
The inadequate professional service rules are an important client safeguard, but are capable of operating unfairly as currently enacted
When less means better
Author describes how his firm is moving towards paperless transaction files for a modest investment
Reality check - not Big Brother
Some things even practices with a good claims record should look out for when reviewing their risk controls and whether these are being observed
A clear duty
Latest criminal cases, including Crown duty of disclosure; sentencing discounts; racial harassment; theft of mail; restrictions on freedom generally
Missing a generation
Grandparents may be no better off with "automatic" parental rights and responsibilities
Does age matter?
The forthcoming Age Equality Regulations will have a significant impact on recruitment practice across the age spectrum as well as on retirement
Fair picture?
Guidance from the English High Court on "fair dealing for the purpose of criticism or review", as applied to copyright material
Book debts: the final word?
The House of Lords' decision in Spectrum Plus upsets 25 years of practice concerning a form of charge much favoured by banks
Website reviews
Second in an occasional series of reviews of sites offering email updates on various topics
Book reviews
Reviews of The International Criminal Court; The Trial on Trial vol 1
Challenging the sacred cows of conveyancing
Introduction to the Property Standardisation Group's drafting work on post-feudal real burdens and servitudes, focusing here on real burdens
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."