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Reports relating to Ian Wilson Leitch; Alexander Gilmour Malcolm; William Duncan Copeland

Review of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission's website

Review of Parliament House Portraits: The Art Collection of the Faculty of Advocates

Chair of the group that recommended introducing the single survey answers the critics of the proposed legislation making the survey mandatory

Commentary on the Property Standardisation Group's style deed of servitude and deed of conditions

Note from the Society on how to set up the online facility for stamp duty land tax returns, just introduced

Two appeal decisions have exposed limitations in the statutory offences directed at racial abuse

President's message: thoughts of a quiet month with most people on holiday proved to be well wide of the mark

Opinion that the "Advice for All" review will not achieve "access for all" without a consistent strategy as to the way individuals' rights are determined

Legal firms and organisations that have successfully introduced flexible working hours

Second and final part of article on the Budget and Finance Acts covers the tightening of SDLT rules and other changes affecting businesses

Outline of the Law Society of Scotland's response to the consultation on regulation, with comments from solicitors and non-solicitors involved in complaints handling

Key features of the Scottish Executive's white paper "Modernising the Planning System"

The relationship between the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission and the appeal court, and their respective views on what constitutes a miscarriage

Feature highlighting a number of services by which firms may be able to enhance the efficiency even of well established systems

The inadequate professional service rules are an important client safeguard, but are capable of operating unfairly as currently enacted

Author describes how his firm is moving towards paperless transaction files for a modest investment

Some things even practices with a good claims record should look out for when reviewing their risk controls and whether these are being observed

Latest criminal cases, including Crown duty of disclosure; sentencing discounts; racial harassment; theft of mail; restrictions on freedom generally

Grandparents may be no better off with "automatic" parental rights and responsibilities

The forthcoming Age Equality Regulations will have a significant impact on recruitment practice across the age spectrum as well as on retirement

Guidance from the English High Court on "fair dealing for the purpose of criticism or review", as applied to copyright material

The House of Lords' decision in Spectrum Plus upsets 25 years of practice concerning a form of charge much favoured by banks

Second in an occasional series of reviews of sites offering email updates on various topics