December 2005
Gaps in the expert working group's proposals could make them unworkable and bad for business
President's message: The past month's events offer reasons for optimism, but the Society recognises and shares the real concerns over the future of legal aid
Small and medium-sized firms can derive practical advantages from flexible working practices just as much as larger firms can
Discussion with George Way of the Coulsfield working party on civil justice, on topics canvassed by the group, plus other solicitors' views on how to improve the system
Scottish Executive Justice Department update in advance of the Vulnerable Witnesses Act coming into force as respects adult witnesses
In this issue
- Holes in Scotland's corporate killing proposals
- A month of contrasts
- Too small to be flexible?
- Engine overhaul
- Vital voices revisited
- Letting in the law
- Puzzles and paradoxes
- Legacy giving in a Scottish climate
- New deal for PI claims
- Data protection crackdown: do you comply?
- In real terms
- Access route
- Better law-making: just lip service?
- Appealing prospects
- The limits of diversification
- Cashing in on the event
- Farewell then common law marriage
- Scottish Solicitors Discipline Tribunal
- Website reviews
- Book reviews
- Unveiling the Islamic mortgage
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