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Some suggestions for identifying and correcting office matters that may be adding stress to your life

Partners must agree who will be responsible for different aspects of management of the business if things are to run smoothly and excessive stress curtailed

How to introduce additional services to your existing clients

Update of developments at the registers

Latest civil cases, on pleadings, jurisdiction, motions, pleas, options hearings, sist, appeals, expenses, family actions, interim orders

Interview with new Solicitor General Elish Angiolini

Review of a web law, a sports law and the WorldLII site

An examination of the dispute resolution policies offered by ICANN and Nominet

Risk management issues arising from delays in the context of managing clients’ expectations

Briefing on an ECJ trade marks ruling, Green Paper on Merger Regulation, ECJ competition ruling, and directive on protecting employees from employer’s insolvency

Reviews of Law and Practice of Invoice Finance; E-Law Review

Ensuring the highest quality of legal aid is a common purpose of the Society, SLAB and the Executive

Author believes that reports of the death of private client work as a source of profitable business have been greatly exaggerated

Cost of time survey results for larger firms indicate that a better support staff ratio is likely to result in lower costs per fee earner

A sheriff presiding in the Glasgow drug court rectifies some of the myths and misinformation about the court

The perception of political influences in relation to the possible prosecution of former First Minister Henry McLeish

Solicitors need to be media-sentient, both in the interests of advising their clients and promoting their firm’s services

Media coverage of the move to extend the availability of legal aid to employment tribunals was typically myopic, reports Roger Mackenzie Ken Hogg describes the background to the Executive’s d

Advice on a new problem for many professionals – being asked by clients to “pitch” for work

The Law Society of Scotland is well ahead of the digital “signatures” game, say the authors; Scottish solicitors must keep up with developments

Latest criminal cases, including ECHR cases; corroboration; expert witnesses; sentencing; contempt

The risk management issues for practitioners flowing from the decision in Royal Bank of Scotland v Etridge

EU developments in money laundering; data protection; employment; criminal law; justice and home affairs; company law and financial services

Reviews of Banking Law in Scotland; Restorative Justice Ideas, Values, Debates