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There are risks to the public in both the Scottish Government’s and the professional bodies’ proposed approaches to legal services regulatory reform. Is there another way forward?
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The 2023 Profile of the Profession survey has some alarming findings about wellbeing, something that ties in with levels of aggression experienced. Are your own communications respectful of others?
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Collected news of Scottish legal appointments and practice changes
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In association with Evelyn Partners: Five pieces of investment jargon that are worth understanding
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Recent civil cases, including arrestment; vicarious liability; Crown liability; time bar; admissibility of evidence; affidavit evidence; legal confidentiality and privilege; dawn raids; QOCS
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New guidance for employers on processing workers’ health data, issued by the Information Commissioner’s Office, is a valuable resource for practical advice on legal obligations
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An Inner House decision illustrates how ancillary orders can be used to achieve a clean break in orders for financial provision, in the context of shares in a company controlled by one party
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It is proposed to extend the range of human rights protections in domestic Scots law, but do we risk creating a range of rights that are not truly justiciable, or therefore practically enforceable?
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The High Court in England has held the lack of actuarial confirmation fatal to amendments to a formerly contracted-out scheme, in a case that addresses longstanding questions of interpretation
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Reports relating to Margaret Anne Horsley; David Johnson; Alan Robert Kennedy Watt
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An enthusiast for green energy and sustainability, this month’s interviewee has enjoyed a career that has taken him to GC positions and on to a consultancy and management portfolio
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Recent work of the Society's policy committees, covering Human Rights Bill; energy performance certificates; environmental governance
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A Society briefing on the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry and the role it will, and others may, play
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This article from Lockton takes a fresh look at the Register of Overseas Entities in terms of risk management, having regard to current and likely future legal requirements
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A roundup of this autumn's Scottish Legal Walks
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Advice column: I can’t take to the flexible working mentality
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This article considers the increasing use of development management schemes in housing developments, and a recent case which upheld the competence of the right of veto commonly found in such schemes
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The extent of an employee’s right to time off under s 57A of the Employment Rights Act in order to provide necessary assistance to a dependant, and when an employer can refuse
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Better information is needed on whether marriage of those aged under 18 is a cause of harm, before any moves to ban the practice in Scotland
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I support those including the International Bar Association and Barack Obama who call for Israel's response to the Hamas atrocities to align with humanitarian values
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The first decision has been reported in which a pursuer in a personal injury action has lost the protection of qualified one-way costs shifting due to “manifestly unreasonable” behaviour
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Review of Sudden Deaths and Fatal Accident Inquiries in Scotland: Law, Policy and Practice (Mawdsley)
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The November 2023 selection of leisure reading, chosen by the Journal's book review editor
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James Bryden is the new Council member for England, Wales & Northern Ireland and is senior counsel in the Disputes & Investigations group at Taylor Wessing