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April 2004

Vibrant and in good heart
President's message: visiting local faculties around Scotland has shown the profession to be in excellent form despite current concerns
Terms of endearment
Many solicitors still dislike terms of engagement letters, but used properly they improve quality, efficiency and even increase fees
Coming out brighter
Report on the key speeches from the 2004 annual conference, devoted to the subject of money laundering
New model army
The issues most relevant to Scots lawyers in the consultation paper for England and Wales published by Sir David Clementi
Offices of profit
Variations in levels of overheads, capital and debtors revealed by the 2003 Cost of Time Survey, and some exercises to determine fee-earners' profitability
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In this issue

  • Vibrant and in good heart
  • Terms of endearment
  • Coming out brighter
  • New model army
  • Offices of profit
  • When girl meets boy
  • A question of identity
  • Going for a WEEE? Think again
  • Roadshow ahead
  • Putting theory into practice
  • Witnessing a new dawn
  • Far from incidental
  • Dealing with a fact of life
  • Contempt with impunity?
  • Winding up the Europeans
  • Green light for Nature Bill?
  • Website reviews
  • Book reviews
  • Keeper's Corner
  • The new law of real burdens
  • Housing Improvement Task Force

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