the magazine : Jan 2006
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FeaturesHeld to ransom?Many firms, especially smaller practices, overlook the need for an up to date partnership agreement to help resolve issues that arise on changes in the partnership A world turned upside downThe Chancellor's volte-face over self-invested personal pensions, and its effect Quiet revolutionsDecember 2005 was a watershed month for Scots family law - but there are still areas where the law has not achieved full separation between church and state For supplement read taxThe proposed planning gain supplement as revealed in the government's consultation, and what the Scottish Executive should do in response Why mediation is a bad idea, and other mythsA mediator attempts to dispel some popular misconceptions surrounding the process Advice in a Europe of many notionsThree law students reflect on their experience at a recent foreign summer school and its relevance to legal practice |
 
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Articles
Pressing ahead
President's message: the Society commits to working with the Executive this year on the new complaints system, as it already is on legal aid and house purchasers' packs
Regulation, 2006 style
By giving up complaints handling the Society will restore relations with the profession, but the Executive has a challenge to devise a fair system
At the touch of a button
Review of the Scottish Legal Aid Board's online pilot for advice and assistance cases, a system practitioners are recommended to try
What sort of courts do we want? (And when?)
Significant Scottish cases where IT has already made conduct of the proceedings much easier - setting the scene for a forthcoming court practitioners' IT forum
KM in practice
The role of the knowledge management partner, and why and how to form a KM strategy
If the bug bites
A bird flu pandemic would hit the legal sector as hard as any - but firms can take some steps now to be prepared
Refreshing risk quiz
Overview of the past year's risk management articles, with a quiz on some of the points covered
The partnership must go on
Chairman of the Scottish Legal Aid Board responds to recent comments from the Society and others about the Board's policies and practices
First duty to the court
Latest civil cases, including parties' designations; decree by default; an advocate's responsibilities; interdict; jurisdiction in family actions; witnesses' reports
A difficult birth
The scenes that surrounded the passing of the Licensing (Scotland) Bill do not augur well for its sensible implementation
Nuclear power no thanks?
Interesting issues could arise if the UK Government and Scottish Executive end up at odds over the future for nuclear power
Due diligence
Another major reform launches at Holyrood in the shape of the Bankruptcy and Diligence etc (Scoland) Bill
Will less mean better?
Will the EU Commission's deregulation action plan help or hinder business in Europe?
Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal
Reports relating to Michael Charles Gray; Richard Douglas McKenzie Shepherd
Website reviews
Reviews of sites providing information on mediation
Book reviews
Review of The Principles of International Tax Planning (IFS)
Back to the future
In just over a year's time automated registration of title to land will be a reality, and solicitors should start preparing now or be left at a disadvantage
Users' IT requirements for ARTL
The technology needed to support automated registration of title is straightforward provided intending users have an up to date computer operating system
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."