the magazine : Jun 2006
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FeaturesThe talking stops hereThe implications of the Special General Meeting vote to withdraw co-operation from the Executive over legal aid The bill: a half measureWhy the legal aid provisions of the Legal Profession Bill fail to satisfy service providers Turning up the heatThe Legal Profession Bill and other regulatory developments continue to demand work by, and comment from, the profession in response Strengthened or threatened?Author's view that the Executive's consultation on strengthening judicial independence shows a lack of understanding and creates more of a threat The patient approachInterview with President of the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland, Eileen Davie on how the tribunals are fulfilling their new role Another little jobAny solicitor with clients who have income arising out of their country of residence should be aware of the EU Savings Directive |
 
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Articles
Independence first
President's message: The challenge of the next 12 months will be to highlight the importance of a profession free from state control
Stand up for our system
Opinion: The legal aid motion adopted by the special general meeting and the Society's Council was born of a deep anger at Scottish Executive indifference
The wars of the portals
Property shops need to gear up with the IT to fight the next battle against aggressive incomers to the market
The LLP factor
How converting to LLP may affect the exposure of individual partners/members to liability for claims, and impact on decisions concerning a firm's PII cover
Avoiding surprises
The pitfalls to beware of that can affect the parties' positions between valuing a pension for divorce purposes and the actual transfer of assets (part 3 of 3)
The temporary judge survives
Latest criminal cases, including changes in science as affecting appeals; sentencing; issues not raised at trial; road traffic; temporary judges
HMRC to the rescue
With LLPs as with work in progress, the Revenue has had to help mitigate the effect of changes in accounting practice
Core of the agreement
The judgment in the Apple Corps v Apple Computer case has provided food for argument
A debate to be resumed
Uncertainty reigns pending an appeal ruling on the validity of irritancy and resumption clauses with limited notice periods
The impact of human rights
Sporting bodies, though not strictly within the Human Rights Act, are proactively reforming their decision-making procedures so as to meet its standards
Website reviews
Reviews of legal sites crossing international frontiers
Book reviews
Review of Private Limited Companies: Formation and Management (Brough)
Is that burden dead yet?
The continuing enforceability of real burdens and ways of extinguishing them following feudal abolition (part 1 of 2)
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."