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  5. September 2009

September 2009

Internet use in the workplace: a digital dilemma?
Discussion of the recent case of Grant and Woods v Mitie Property Services (dismissal for personal use of the internet during working hours), and its potential implications for employers
Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland under threat
Scottish Government wants power to abolish it or limit its independence, without saying why
Tricky choice over Liechtenstein assets
The Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility and the challenges and opportunities it presents
Cost and benefit
President's message: lack of resources to pay for traditional legal representation in lower value disputes places an obligation on the profession to devise alternative methods of resolution
Curators: the vital link
An unheralded proposal to end the role of curators in proofs on children's hearing grounds of referral is a dangerous backward step
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In this issue

  • Internet use in the workplace: a digital dilemma?
  • Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland under threat
  • Tricky choice over Liechtenstein assets
  • Cost and benefit
  • Curators: the vital link
  • Solicitor advocates: the future (part 2)
  • Trainee recruitment: dialogue continues
  • What sort of life?
  • Registers page
  • Foot on the ladder
  • Recovery vehicle
  • Your say
  • Lawyers in their sights
  • West Bank: a response
  • Fairness guide to success
  • Facebook debate pulls them in
  • Law reform update
  • Ahead of the game
  • Ask Ash
  • A club you don't want to join
  • Stress busters
  • Into the ether we go!
  • Breaking up is hard to do
  • Definitive view
  • Right that doesn't pale
  • Mutu point
  • Once bitten, twice shy
  • Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal
  • Website review
  • Book reviews
  • FSA starts to fight back
  • For a good clause

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