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  5. September 2018

September 2018

Confidence restored: internal investigations and legal privilege
A recent Court of Appeal ruling on the application of legal professional privilege to internal investigations has reversed a decision that had caused the profession serious concern
Court reforms: still an unknown quantity
Considering the latest Civil Justice Statistics, can it yet be said whether the civil court reforms are having an impact on the number of actions raised?
Ruled out of court?
Recent cases demonstrate the differences between the Scottish and English approaches to fraudulent exaggeration of a damages claim
Uncovering the environment
Solicitors with experience of exercising the right to access environmental information are invited to help a research project being run by the University of Dundee
Medical death: a case to answer
A General Medical Council review, to which the Society has responded, highlights the lack of clarity regarding criminal prosecutions of doctors
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In this issue

  • Confidence restored: internal investigations and legal privilege
  • Court reforms: still an unknown quantity
  • Ruled out of court?
  • Uncovering the environment (1)
  • Medical death: a case to answer
  • Reading for pleasure
  • Opinion: Kerry Trewern and Rhona McNair
  • Book reviews
  • Profile: Ryan McCuaig
  • President's column
  • Developing digital services
  • People on the move
  • Leading judgment
  • Health check
  • Open to attack
  • Claims: beating the trigger
  • Storage: time for digital
  • GSPC: eulogy for a friend
  • Relevant persons: a challenge
  • New specialist land registration practice launches
  • Good enough reason?
  • Copyright: underpinning control
  • Writing means writing
  • Rent moves: two crucial hoops
  • Debtor wins in policy decision
  • Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal
  • KIR: the time bomb explodes
  • The guideline goal
  • GC NextGen: a network for you?
  • Your Law Society of Scotland Council members
  • Public policy highlights
  • Double boost for Society's AML team
  • Ask Ash
  • Practice rights and the impact of Brexit: working in the EU
  • Acting as notary: what do I need to know?
  • Engagement letters: a practical approach
  • Uncovering the environment
  • Paralegal pointers

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