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  5. November 2006

November 2006

Home and away
President's message: the Society's work to achieve better law is constant both in this country and, through its Brussels office, within the EU institutions
The importance of kinship care
Opinion column advocating that care involving the wider family is always considered before a child is separated from its parents
Growing arms and legs
Report on expansion of Public Defence Solicitors Office, based on interview with Director Matthew Auchincloss and solicitors' reactions at the legal aid conference
Changing its spots?
The Society's view of the amendments to date of the Legal Profession etc Bill, and of the latest developments south of the border
Guiding hand
Sentencing guidelines are back on the agenda following the final report of the Sentencing Commission, but the author has doubts as to what they can achieve
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In this issue

  • Home and away
  • The importance of kinship care
  • Growing arms and legs
  • Changing its spots?
  • Guiding hand
  • Trustbusters unite
  • Closing the books
  • Spam: the managed solution
  • Nothing like Nothing but the Net!
  • Banking on service
  • You want certified?
  • Enough is enough
  • Provision and prejudice
  • Work and families
  • Cash trapped
  • Man of business
  • Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal
  • Website reviews
  • Book reviews
  • Sale questionnaire to be tested
  • So long, and thanks for all the fizz
  • ASBO, the young misfit

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