Blogs & opinions
Rights: the new frontier
Can we release the "untapped potential" of the Convention?
Vice Presidential candidate manifestos for 2011-12
Personal statements by Oliver Adair, Austin Lafferty and David Newton ahead of poll by Council members
Assisted death for Margo's bill
Debate raises questions of whether law can be made to work
Council confidential
Outcomes from the leak saga
Open letter to the President of the Law Society of Scotland on media policy
Call to withdraw proposed media protocol in the interests of open government
Cadder v HMA – a political inconvenience?
The Cadder decision should be welcomed as one that supports justice, whatever our politicians may think
Hard questions
Various topics this week call for a careful look before decisions are made
Trampled by the black horse
Are the Lloyds conveyancing panel cuts really in anyone's best interests, even theirs?
SLAS response to the Lloyds Banking Group panel cuts
Advice to solicitors on how to respond, and how to appeal if affected
Rights, but not as we know them
Committee on Patient Rights Bill raises questions as to the purpose of legislation
Criminal Procedure (Legal Assistance, Detention and Appeals) (Scotland) Bill
Glasgow Bar Association briefing to MSPs
Undermined, or strengthened?
Is Scots law losing out because of the devolution settlement?
The half-baked doughnuts saga
The real questions for discussion over the Access to Justice Committee's SLAB plan?
The joke's over
Time to bring a dose of realism to health and safety issues
The bill in retrospect
Don't lose sight of the bigger picture
Home reports: questions remain
There seems to be more to the initial evaluation than the Government press release suggests
Comment on the Agricultural Holdings Acts consultation
Government proposes amending order covering 1991 and 2003 Acts
Standing up for democracy
A defence to some recent accusations
Effect of the Akzo judgment
"Premature to legislate" on ABS pending Supreme Court judgment in Prudential tax appeal
Time to address E&T funding
Pressures to contribute will grow
Opening up justice
Committee's ambitious plans deserve support
Cold comfort
Telephone cold calls are the latest business practice to come under the spotlight. Should we ban them?
The way the money goes
How far can Government pursue intelligent savings, rather than just cuts and more cuts?
The better path?
The legal profession in England & Wales is coming to appreciate aspects of our model in Scotland