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The future of the profession is in good hands, judging by recent contacts with students and young solicitors

James Sutherland CBE LLD A lawyer of the world

Sheriff Archibald Angus Bell QC

A guide to setting up a limited liability partnership

The 2001 cost of time survey reveals wide variations in the earnings of partners in country firms

The essential features in a client-friendly legal website

Some tips for creating your own online marketing materials

Firms need to make better use of case management systems if they are to utilise properly the IT systems in which they have invested

The application of the Trade Marks Act 1994 to domain name disputes

The vision of the paperless office can be reality, but you have to ensure that any knowledge management system can be easily adopted by staff

What management CPD can do for solicitors and their firms

Advice based on an opinion for the Society by the Dean of Faculty, on some of the most frequently asked questions relating to ownership of files

Various points concerning professional indemnity insurance which raise risk management issues

EU round up featuring the Senator Lines case on legal privilege for in-house counsel; also justice and home affairs; company law; consumers

Reviews of Unreported Property Law cases from the Sheriff Courts; Style Writs for the Sheriff Court

Terrorism is anathema to all who believe the rule of law is sacred – a response to the events of 11 September 2001

How the company law review might impact on directors’ duties and remuneration

Employment law update on issues including unfair dismissal and new employment tribunal rules

Argument that Scotland’s land registration process is in danger of being made to look cumbersome by the streamlined English approach

Argument that behind the fine rhetoric, Scotland’s judicial appointments process remains shrouded in secrecy

Head of Commission for Racial Equality in Scotland interviews Law Society of Scotland’s Chief Executive on issues of diversity and the Race Relations Act

How the new commercial procedures in Glasgow Sheriff Court are working and whether they further herald the age of the specialist sheriff

The business implications for solicitors as the Data Protection Act comes into substantially full force and effect

Latest civil cases, including citation; jurisdiction; interdict; arrestment; res judicata; witness lists; recovery of documents; abandonment; judgment; expenses