August 2002
Report relating to Julian Struthers Danskin
Fuller version of article in Vol 47, no 7, page 37 in which Scottish and Irish Law Society Presidents restate the core values of the profession and oppose “Tesco law”
Legal profession must act to allay misconceptions about the way it operates
Conveyancing Committee promotes retention of caveat emptor and resists suggestions that homeowners should keep logbooks of repair work
Criticism of the Judicial Appointments Board on the ground that it lacks any real authority [NB correction at Vol 47 no 10, page 10]
In this issue
- Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal
- What price the core values
- “It’s good to talk”
- Homeowner logbooks a step too far
- The Judicial Appointments Board – a misnomer
- Changed days
- In praise of rote learning
- The best laid plans
- Communication can curb complaints
- Separate probation and community service
- Simplifying insolvency proceedings?
- Online negotiation – changing the norms
- Website reviews
- Under pressure
- In practice
- Europe
- Plain speaking
- Book reviews
- When law met hip-hop