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August 2004

Making the system work
President's message: the profession needs to examine what it can do to maintain the Scottish house purchase system and reinforce its benefits
Sole survivors?
A sole practitioner asks whether sole practitioners can hope to survive in the increasingly complex environment in which solicitors have to operate
Firm foundations
Co-author of the Society's "Foundation Document" on professional legal education in the 21st century, sets out the background and the document's objectives
The paper trail
Second part of article on the year's Budget and Finance Act (Pensions, corporation tax, SDLT, avoidance schemes)
Private lives in public
The UK's uncertain progress towards recognising a right to privacy has taken another twist with two recent decisions
https://lawware.co.uk/

In this issue

  • Making the system work
  • Sole survivors?
  • Firm foundations
  • The paper trail
  • Private lives in public
  • IT: what next?
  • Roll again
  • Destiny's child
  • The great day comes
  • SOX education
  • Peer review: staying on target
  • Obituary: James D Wheelans, CBE
  • Obituary: JAMES D WHEELANS, CBE (1)
  • Time, gentlemen?
  • Plain English has landed
  • Tangle o' the Isles
  • Hunting down the pirates
  • Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal
  • Website reviews
  • Book reviews
  • How much law, anyway?
  • FSA's net widens

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