the magazine : Nov 2006
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FeaturesGrowing arms and legsReport on expansion of Public Defence Solicitors Office, based on interview with Director Matthew Auchincloss and solicitors' reactions at the legal aid conference Changing its spots?The Society's view of the amendments to date of the Legal Profession etc Bill, and of the latest developments south of the border Guiding handSentencing guidelines are back on the agenda following the final report of the Sentencing Commission, but the author has doubts as to what they can achieve Trustbusters uniteUpdate on the prospects for claiming damages for breach of competition law, including why the UK is a favourable jurisdiction despite the reversal of the Crehan ruling Closing the booksInterview with Leslie Cumming, on his retiral as Chief Accountant at the Law Society of Scotland, reflecting on his 22 years at the Society |
 
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Articles
Home and away
President's message: the Society's work to achieve better law is constant both in this country and, through its Brussels office, within the EU institutions
The importance of kinship care
Opinion column advocating that care involving the wider family is always considered before a child is separated from its parents
Spam: the managed solution
Consultants to the Law Society of Scotland describe the "managed service" solution to the problem of spam email
Nothing like Nothing but the Net!
Some dazzling innovations were introduced at this year's "Nothing but the Net" conference, organised by the Society
Banking on service
Solicitors depend heavily on their banks for compliance with professional rules, but have limited options when things go wrong
You want certified?
Risk management issues for solicitors associated with granting certificates of various types, and particular risks associated with clients obtaining equity release
Enough is enough
Latest civil cases, including change of agents; delay in seeking amendment; summary applications; expenses
Provision and prejudice
Consideration of a case which may indicate a greater willingness by the Scottish courts to compensate for future financial prejudice following divorce
Work and families
Important legislation has been implemented to extend rights relating to childbirth and caring
Cash trapped
The lowering of the cash seizure limit in the anti-money laundering legislation may put some people's holiday cash at risk
Man of business
The added attractions of the Isle of Man for business or investment following recent legislation on tax and company law
Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal
Reports relating to Alexander Jack Morrison; Brian James Abbot; John Knox Aitken
Website reviews
Sites that offer help in dealing with spam email
Book reviews
Review of MacRoberts' Scottish Liquidation Handbook (Flint)
Sale questionnaire to be tested
A 12 week pilot scheme in nine areas will test a form of seller's questionnaire on different types of "live" property transactions
So long, and thanks for all the fizz
The hoops that in-house lawyers and their external advisers alike should jump through to establish a successful partnership
ASBO, the young misfit
View that local authority solicitors responsible for obtaining juvenile antisocial behaviour orders are put in a thankless position due to others' competing priorities
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."