Skip to content
Law Society of Scotland
Search
Find a Solicitor
Contact us
About us
Sign in
Search
Find a Solicitor
Contact us
About us
Sign in
  • For members

    • For members

    • CPD & Training

    • Membership and fees

    • Rules and guidance

    • Regulation and compliance

    • Journal

    • Business support

    • Career growth

    • Member benefits

    • Professional support

    • Lawscot Wellbeing

    • Lawscot Sustainability

  • News and events

    • News and events

    • Law Society news

    • Blogs & opinions

    • CPD & Training

    • Events

  • Qualifying and education

    • Qualifying and education

    • Qualifying as a Scottish solicitor

    • Career support and advice

    • Our work with schools

    • Lawscot Foundation

    • Funding your education

    • Social mobility

  • Research and policy

    • Research and policy

    • Research

    • Influencing the law and policy

    • Equality and diversity

    • Our international work

    • Legal Services Review

    • Meet the Policy team

  • For the public

    • For the public

    • What solicitors can do for you

    • Making a complaint

    • Client protection

    • Find a Solicitor

    • Frequently asked questions

    • Your Scottish solicitor

  • About us

    • About us

    • Contact us

    • Who we are

    • Our strategy, reports and plans

    • Help and advice

    • Our standards

    • Work with us

    • Our logo and branding

    • Equality and diversity

  1. Home
  2. For members
  3. Journal Archive
  4. Issues
  5. November 2011

November 2011

The role for pro bono
Despite challenging economic times, there are great benefits to Scottish lawyers in properly planned pro bono work, as experience with the National Autistic Society’s Education Rights Service has shown
Rectifying trusts – a Scottish perspective
Compared with England, Scotland has a reasonably straightforward procedure for correcting errors in a trust deed. A recent case of the authors’ is instructive
Squeezing capital claims
HMRC proposals on capital allowances will have a significant effect on all sectors investing in plant and machinery, and mean added due diligence work for property lawyers
The many faces of mortgage fraud
Mortgage fraud has become highly sophisticated, requiring lenders, solicitors and others to work together to minimise the risk. A recent conference discussed the latest developments
Welcome break or cause for concern?
A comment on the employment tribunal reforms announced last month by Chancellor George Osborne
https://lawware.co.uk/

In this issue

  • The role for pro bono
  • Rectifying trusts – a Scottish perspective
  • Squeezing capital claims
  • The many faces of mortgage fraud
  • Welcome break or cause for concern?
  • Opinion
  • Reading for pleasure
  • Book reviews
  • Council profile
  • President's column
  • Beware what you register
  • Justice inside and out
  • Auto-enrolment: are you prepared?
  • Power and authority
  • Refining the message
  • Seeing through the cloud
  • Don't drag out child cases
  • Up to the job?
  • Permanence changes
  • LGPS: sea change again
  • Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal
  • ILG takes on risk
  • Real burdens revived
  • Practical limitations
  • CPD: how to comply
  • Law reform update
  • The learning curve
  • Ask Ash
  • Inside story

Recent Issues

Dec 2023
Nov 2023
Oct 2023
Sept 2023
Search the archive

Additional

Law Society of Scotland
Atria One, 144 Morrison Street
Edinburgh
EH3 8EX
If you’re looking for a solicitor, visit FindaSolicitor.scot
T: +44(0) 131 226 7411
E: lawscot@lawscot.org.uk
About us
  • Contact us
  • Who we are
  • Strategy reports plans
  • Help and advice
  • Our standards
  • Work with us
Useful links
  • Find a Solicitor
  • Sign in
  • CPD & Training
  • Rules and guidance
  • Website terms and conditions
Law Society of Scotland | © 2025
Made by Gecko Agency Limited