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Part 8 of a series encouraging lawyers to use plain language in dealings with clients (punctuation)

Part 1 of a survey of practical steps, procedures and disciplines which assist solicitors in controlling professional risk and avoiding claims

EU update including legal profession; competition law; civil law

Review of The Law of Contract in Scotland

Obituary: John Downie Herd

Obituary: Bill Liddell

American academic argues that Scottish pleadings, relying on advance knowledge, favour defenders and over-deter pursuers

Tony Kelly, solicitor, talks about cases brought by prisoners alleging that conditions in prison breach human rights

Keeper’s update in issues including the Insolvency Act 2000, udal law and ARTL

Latest civil cases, including pleadings; evidence; decrees by default; separation of proof; expenses

The issue of database rights continues to be applied inconsistently by courts across the EU

Chairman of Legal Defence Union talks about the benefits of membership, which remains at a disappointing level

Reports relating to Richard John Hogarth Hetherington; Robert Alistair Young

Reviews of sites relating to tax law

Practical risk management issues that ought to assist in preventing time bar problems identified in previous month’s article

EU roundup on civil law and competition law, and report of President’s welcome to Solicitor General at Brussels office

Part 7 of a series encouraging lawyers to use plain language in dealings with clients (punctuation)

Review of Family Law in Scotland

Tongue-in-cheek observations on subjects including product labelling, judicial titles and judicial language

It is time to re-examine our whole system of criminal procedure; the Crown Court may provide the model to follow

Survey of reactions to the Justice 1 Committee’s report on regulation of the legal profession

Account by an MP and former solicitor of a visit to Rwanda where she discovered a chaotic system to try those accused of genocide

Chairman of the Scottish Law Commission identifies aspects of the system of registering company charges proposed for reform in a Commission discussion paper

Latest criminal cases, including inadequate representation; self-incrimination; withdrawing a guilty plea; bills of suspension; additional evidence after conviction; sentencing