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  5. July 2005

July 2005

Commissioner: Public Authorities must do more
Information Commissioner's first appeal decision highlights areas for improvement
Supporting legal aid
President's message: recent press support for legal aid lawyers provides a welcome background to the current Executive consultations; all should consider responding
No country cousins
Opinion of a solicitor who opted to leave the city behind, that younger lawyers can enjoy a good lifestyle and a challenging practice away from the major centres
Making the money go further
Interview with Deputy Justice Minister Hugh Henry on the consultation paper "Advice for All", discussing the future of legal aid
Adopting a new approach
Author welcomes the recommendations of the Cox Report on adoption, while warning against treating media coverage as representative
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In this issue

  • Commissioner: Public Authorities must do more
  • Supporting legal aid
  • No country cousins
  • Making the money go further
  • Adopting a new approach
  • Gordon giveth and Gordon taketh away
  • A blow for the future
  • A Wie hint of change?
  • Raising the bar
  • The IT crimewave
  • The directing mind
  • Going through the motions
  • Planning in the park
  • Always look on the bright side
  • Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal
  • Website reviews
  • Book reviews
  • The race to the registers revisited
  • SDLT: getting it right
  • SDLT: barcoding
  • Business sense

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