the magazine : Aug 2006
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FeaturesKeeping companyAuthors query Executive announcement that legislation on corporate homicide should be dealt with by the Westminster Parliament Fighting the bulliesSome theoretical and practical issues facing the legal adviser in cases involving school bullying The university of lifeProfile of the student-run law clinic at Strathclyde University, now appealing for support from the profession to enable it to continue and develop its work A lack of trustThe Budget and Finance Act changes to the inheritance tax treatment of trusts are both important and complex. This article attempts to explain them With these few words...Interview with Colin Wilson, solicitor head of the Scottish Executive's legislative drafting team |
 
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Articles
Eyes on the ball
President's message: The Justice 2 Committee report on the Legal Profession Bill reflects many of the Society's concerns, and these must be addressed
Don't leave gaps in regulation
Opinion column asking why, given the current regulatory debate, is more attention not paid to the position of paralegals, whether in private practice or in-house
Tell it like it is
Profile of the Society's Corporate Communications Team and how their role has developed well beyond the traditional press office
All that sparkles ain't gold
Author challenges the assumption that all private practice solicitors aspire to partnership and argues that firms need to develop more flexible reward systems
PDF is the standard
The Court Technology Forum has decided to adopt PDF format for electronic documentary evidence
The paper monster
Risk management issues connected with document archival; and a look at the feedback from the 2006 Risk Management Roadshow
Safeguarding fair trial
Latest criminal cases, including dangerous driving causing death; sentencing powers; specification of complaints; fair trial; Crown disclosure; evidence
New law, new problems
The new provisions for valuation of matrimonial property subject to a transfer order still leave plenty of scope for difficulty
Raising the stakes
The House of Lords has upheld the decision that vicarious liability exists for acts of harassment
Mark the pre-proof
Important changes in sheriff court civil procedure introduce pre-proof hearings and make related amendments to other steps of procedure
Scottish Solicitors Discipline Tribunal
Reports relating to Norman James Cowie; Louise Marie Hay; William McCarthy
Website reviews
Websites that provide free medical information
Book reviews
Review of Children's Hearings in Scotland (Norrie)
It takes two to tango
The countdown to automated registration of title to land (ARTL) is on schedule and the necessary rules are in the pipeline
Land attachment and suspensive missives
The Conveyancing Committee invites conveyancing and insolvency practitioners' views on proposed provisions concerning land attachment and suspensive missives
PSG's suite moves
The Property Standardisation Group has added an irritancy protection agreement and a deposit agreement to complete its lease management suite
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."