Book club
Book Review: Adult Protection and the Law in Scotland - Smith & Young
Published in 2024, the third edition of this key text by Nicola Smith and Nairn R Young is essential reading on incapacity law and adult protection today, for lawyers and non-lawyers alike.
Dreams from the Monster Factory
Criminal justice reformer Sunny Schwartz offers a unique perspective in her book on navigating and reforming the “deeply flawed” American correctional system.
Planning: Neil Collar
As a practitioner, the previous edition of this book was always my first port of call. Despite being a relatively slender volume, I was often pleasantly surprised to find at least basic coverage of some obscure aspects of planning law in the course of my researches.”
Book Review - Wheatley's Road Traffic Law in Scotland
Wheatley’s 7th edition is “excellent value and should be purchased by any practitioner who undertakes criminal law, or any lawyer who needs a comprehensive and practical guide to road traffic law.”
Taking some time out
This month’s ‘Reading for pleasure’ comes in the form of two thrillers. Are you a thriller fan? One is set in more recent times, the other, takes us back to Munich in 1935.
NHS, mental health, Covid-19 and organ donation…
Mason & McCall Smith’s Law and Medical Ethics, 12th edition, edited by Anne-Maree Farrell and Edward S Dove(Oxford University Press
David's Legal Book Review
David J Dickson, Solicitor Advocate shares his January 2024 Journal Legal Book Reviews