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December 2003

Staying awake, actually
President’s message: The year just ending had some good and bad bits, but the profession maintained its standards
Keep sane, if not sober
Some lighthearted tips on how to survive the office Christmas party
Obituary – Sheriff Frank Middleton
Obituary – Sheriff Frank Middleton
Money matters
Solicitors behind the first solicitors’ financial centres planned to open in Scotland explain their motives
Clear and present danger
The background to the Clementi review and the essential underlying issues facing the profession
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In this issue

  • Staying awake, actually
  • Keep sane, if not sober
  • Obituary – Sheriff Frank Middleton
  • Money matters
  • Clear and present danger
  • For love or money
  • Setting off abroad
  • Legacy giving
  • Marking out the pitch
  • A merry spam-free Christmas
  • Opening up the bench
  • Victims find a voice
  • Round the houses
  • Allowing sexual questioning
  • Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal
  • Discrimination: widening the net
  • New rights for farm tenants
  • Protection sans frontieres
  • Football’s financial red card
  • Website reviews
  • Book reviews
  • Asbestos safety
  • Housing Improvement Task Force
  • SDLT: registration requirements

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