Blogs & opinions
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Austin's angle: on top with the e-diary
Manage your deadlines better with the digital version of that vital diary
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A day to shape our lives
Next month's "Law in Scotland" conference will address key issues facing the legal profession at national and practice level
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Austin's angle: winning the buy-in
Getting your staff onside involves people interaction as well as systems
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Austin's angle: the good of the system
Uniformity, or the benefits of a factory production line in the solicitor’s office
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Conscience and the same-sex marriage debate
A plea for the right priorities as decisions are taken
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Austin's angle: the key question for clients
Ask "What if?" to make them think about wills - or other needs
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A tidal wave building?
Developments on ABS, featured in this month's Journal, highlight the imminence of change
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Letter: SLCC – fix the sift
There should be a less expensive means of appealing a decision to sift through a complaint
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Austin's angle: the potential of your wills bank
First in a series of blogs about increasing your efficiency and profitability as a firm
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France says “Non” to ABS
The national council representing the local law societies in France has passed a resolution rejecting the concept of alternative business structures. A lawyer qualified in France and the UK explains why
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Weight of evidence
Ministers should rethink rush to end corroboration
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School's out
Work with schools raises awareness among pupils - and is very rewarding
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Above the conflict
Regulating ABSs does not automatically generate an additional conflict of interest for the Society
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Letter: Help when it was needed
One solicitor's thanks to the Law Society of Scotland
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Letter: Standard clauses
Standard missives are commendable, but the effect of some clauses is open to question
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A glimpse of the future
Williams seminar highlights need for fresh thinking
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Letter: Spinning the levy
Reaction to the SLCC levy for the coming year, and the Society's "spin"
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Letter: The season for a rant
What is the benefit of the SLCC survey?
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The search for consensus
Echoes of the past in the 2012 AGM
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Sauce for the gander
Why does observance of ECtHR judgments not begin at home?
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Independent no more?
The apparent loss of independence of the Crown in Scotland from the executive has diminished the reputation and standing of Scottish justice
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Pushing the boundaries of practice
Benefits can flow both ways from becoming a niche player
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Know any legal terms that rhyme with dromedary?
Welcoming the Law Society of Scotland’s recent announcement, a trainee who has been working for nothing explains why “legal eagle” is the least appropriate description
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Making space for peace
A Scots lawyer who has joined an international team with the potentially dangerous task of protecting human rights defenders in Colombia, explains why his mission is necessary