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December 2012

Barriers to sibling contact
The legal obstacles to separated siblings seeking contact with each other: something for the Scottish Government to act on as part of the promised bill on children’s rights
Legal rights, second families and siblingship
The emergence of a legal rights claim from an unexpected source can cause serious difficulties for executry practitioners and their clients. What steps might one take?
"I'm a chicklet and I live in a hatchery"
One lawyer's experience in setting up an online legal services business through the “E-Spark” scheme to support entrepreneurs
And our survey says...
The results of, and some thoughts prompted by, the survey of In-house Lawyers Group members ahead of this year’s annual conference, as seen by the ILG vice chair
No overtaking?
An Inner House decision prompts a discussion of the duties that may be owed by a driver being overtaken
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In this issue

  • Barriers to sibling contact
  • Legal rights, second families and siblingship
  • "I'm a chicklet and I live in a hatchery"
  • And our survey says...
  • No overtaking?
  • Reading for pleasure
  • Opinion column: Martin Morrow
  • Book reviews
  • Council profile
  • President's column
  • 2012: new starts, and challenges
  • Independence before the law
  • Who do you think they are?
  • The expert approach
  • Is all publicity good publicity?
  • Turning point?
  • Young and guilty
  • Doubly secure
  • Forced marriage: an update
  • New age, new image
  • A security loophole
  • Quit while you're ahead
  • When threats are enough
  • Practice ground
  • Mergers: keeping people onside
  • Law reform roundup
  • PI Guidelines: new edition
  • Ask Ash
  • Business radar

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