the magazine : Dec 2007
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FeaturesGames CityThe legal work behind Glasgow's successful bid for the 2014 Commonwealth Games OFT-related FAQsAuthor's view of the legal issues behind the recent developments on alternative business structures, from the super-complaint to the EU implications of MDPs Sea change around the globeThe regulation of legal markets elsewhere in the world and how the ethical issues resulting from alternative business structures have been addressed Covering the money gapSome possible avenues through which advisers of tenants facing eviction for rent arrears can retrieve their clients' financial position Pre-trial prioritiesThe second article on summary justice reform looks at bail, undertakings, warrants and other procedural changes, and the increased sentencing powers of the summary court Personal touchAn in-depth contribution to the debate about the processes and skills needed to achieve an effective resolution of family related disputes |
 
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Articles
Shaping the future
President's message: events of the past month have brought renewed focus on the core professional values - and it could be said also, on the value of a profession
Working in a one-stop shop
Opinion that the holistic approach to advice giving likely to become the norm with ABS, reflects the experience already gained by in-house lawyers
Christmas lesson
Author's wish that all separated parents give their children a positive example this Christmas
Keeping money clean
A reminder from the Society of some of the main issues from the new money laundering rules, which have generated many enquiries
The lions sleep tonight
A report on corporate social responsibility initiatives from solicitors' firms, including the "Lions' Den" challenge, on which the final whistle has just blown
Conversion course
A sole practitioner writes on his experiences of going paperless, including some lessons learned the hard way
Family law risk management
A family law practitioner offers some advice on risk management techniques particularly relevant to work in this area
Too well known to challenge
Latest criminal cases, including ECHR decisions (one on culpable homicide); defining "reasonable"; pleas not accepted; suspending warrants
Temp sheriffs immune after all
The High Court has upheld a previously untested submission as to statutory protection for decisions of temporary sheriffs
Camels and common sense
Two further court decisions relating to agricultural tenancies have caught the attention recently
Tough at the TUPE
How the TUPE rules affect client services provided by legal firms - the law and the practice
Are bloggers fair game?
The English High Court has given some useful guidance as to when disclosure may be ordered of the identity of individuals contributing to online discussion forums
"This ain't tiddlywinks, mate"
Redress for injuries sustained on the sporting field has become a hot issue following a French decision against an English rugby player
Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal
Reports of cases relating to Edward Lindsay Acton; Angela Margaret Baillie; Alan Desmond Baxter
Website reviews
Reviews of websites offering to identify expert witnesses of different specialisms
Book reviews
Review of Residential Evictions (Barrowman)
Defining moment
Report of the In-house Lawyers Group's annual symposium, including addresses by the Lord Advocate and Law Society of Scotland President
Clear view
Commentary on the House of Lords decision in the servitude case Moncrieff v Jamieson, which the author believes will be of great benefit to the law
Joint conference success
A report back on the successful series of conveyancing conferences run by the Society jointly with the Registers of Scotland
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."