Blogs & opinions
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
When the going gets tough
Keeping going in this month's weather sort of sums up the year
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
Supreme Court proves its worth
Another human rights decision shows the court's ability to see the bigger picture
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
Time to think pro bono
Winter weather "good neighbour" stories set background for LawWorks launch
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
Rights: the new frontier
Can we release the "untapped potential" of the Convention?
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
Vice Presidential candidate manifestos for 2011-12
Personal statements by Oliver Adair, Austin Lafferty and David Newton ahead of poll by Council members
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
Assisted death for Margo's bill
Debate raises questions of whether law can be made to work
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
Council confidential
Outcomes from the leak saga
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
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
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
Cadder v HMA – a political inconvenience?
The Cadder decision should be welcomed as one that supports justice, whatever our politicians may think
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
Hard questions
Various topics this week call for a careful look before decisions are made
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
Trampled by the black horse
Are the Lloyds conveyancing panel cuts really in anyone's best interests, even theirs?
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
SLAS response to the Lloyds Banking Group panel cuts
Advice to solicitors on how to respond, and how to appeal if affected
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
Rights, but not as we know them
Committee on Patient Rights Bill raises questions as to the purpose of legislation
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
Criminal Procedure (Legal Assistance, Detention and Appeals) (Scotland) Bill
Glasgow Bar Association briefing to MSPs
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
Undermined, or strengthened?
Is Scots law losing out because of the devolution settlement?
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
The half-baked doughnuts saga
The real questions for discussion over the Access to Justice Committee's SLAB plan?
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
The joke's over
Time to bring a dose of realism to health and safety issues
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
The bill in retrospect
Don't lose sight of the bigger picture
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
Home reports: questions remain
There seems to be more to the initial evaluation than the Government press release suggests
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
Comment on the Agricultural Holdings Acts consultation
Government proposes amending order covering 1991 and 2003 Acts
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
Standing up for democracy
A defence to some recent accusations
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
Effect of the Akzo judgment
"Premature to legislate" on ABS pending Supreme Court judgment in Prudential tax appeal
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
Time to address E&T funding
Pressures to contribute will grow
![](/media/yr1d4arm/icon-blog.png?width=120&height=120&rnd=133621618922200000)
Opening up justice
Committee's ambitious plans deserve support