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March 2016

Divorce in Scots law and Sharia law
The place of Sharia law within the Muslim community in Scotland in the context of marriage and divorce, the Sharia grounds of divorce, and how mosques are responding to changing needs for advice and guidance
British Bill of Rights: radical reform or damp squib?
As the UK Government's plans to reform the Human Rights Act are delayed, the author explores the obstacles that have emerged and questions the scope of any likely reform
Ten steps to winning new business
It isn't rocket science; it just takes a little effort: 10 things that smaller firms in particular can do to improve client footfall
The Keeper is coming
Keeper-induced registration will be essential to Land Register completion. We provide a Q&A on how it will work
Winding-up applications: when to refuse a first order
The author argues that one of the few recent written Scottish decisions on an application to wind up a company for non-payment of debts, was in fact wrong
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In this issue

  • Divorce in Scots law and Sharia law
  • British Bill of Rights: radical reform or damp squib?
  • Ten steps to winning new business
  • The Keeper is coming
  • Winding-up applications: when to refuse a first order
  • Reading for pleasure
  • Opinion: Marsha Scott
  • Book reviews
  • Profile: Susan Carter
  • President's column
  • Securities: no more sasine
  • People on the move
  • Back for more
  • Funding your practice
  • Equal but different?
  • Making safety work
  • A mediation story: the mediator's log
  • Uber and above?
  • Experts reassessed
  • Land reform: part 10 takes shape
  • Out of shape
  • Requirement to register: meet PSC and SIOC
  • Transgender: developing participation rules
  • Scottish Solicitors Discipline Tribunal
  • The road less travelled
  • From the Brussels office
  • Law reform roundup
  • Doing the business
  • EU benefit rights: a not so new deal?
  • Fraud: raising your game
  • Ask Ash
  • In the rights place
  • Using your secure digital signature
  • Come to the conference

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