Jan Contents
Govan Law Centre has opened a national Education Law Unit to assist those who advise children with special educational needs and their parents
Advice in response to difficulties still being faced in some cases with clients who should be exempt being charged court fees
Solicitors should consider whether documents sent for signature in England need to be notarised as it will cost much less to have it signed before a solicitor
The Code of Conduct is to apply to all solicitors whether or not they hold a practicing certificate
The Professional Practice Committee is of the view that it would breach the Fee Sharing Rules for solicitors to purchase accident claims from claims companies
The Professional Practice Committee believes that files in relation to endowment investment business should be retained until the policy has matured
Justice 2 Committee recommends fast track system of justice for asbestos sufferers and other terminally ill people bringing personal injury claims
Description of the trust set up to administer the government compensation scheme and the method of making a claim
Obituary: John Downie Herd
Obituary: Bill Liddell
American academic argues that Scottish pleadings, relying on advance knowledge, favour defenders and over-deter pursuers
Tony Kelly, solicitor, talks about cases brought by prisoners alleging that conditions in prison breach human rights
Keeper’s update in issues including the Insolvency Act 2000, udal law and ARTL
Latest civil cases, including pleadings; evidence; decrees by default; separation of proof; expenses
The issue of database rights continues to be applied inconsistently by courts across the EU
Chairman of Legal Defence Union talks about the benefits of membership, which remains at a disappointing level
Reports relating to Richard John Hogarth Hetherington; Robert Alistair Young
Reviews of sites relating to tax law
Practical risk management issues that ought to assist in preventing time bar problems identified in previous month’s article
EU roundup on civil law and competition law, and report of President’s welcome to Solicitor General at Brussels office
Part 7 of a series encouraging lawyers to use plain language in dealings with clients (punctuation)
Review of Family Law in Scotland