Blogs & opinions
Cards on the table
Time to put the ball in the Parliament's court
Guarantee Fund: a reply
Convener assures solicitors that the fund is not vulnerable to a catastrophic claim
Guarantee Fund: whose benefit?
Does ABS not mean a blank cheque against default in the biggest transactions?
The choice for the profession
Society's AGM motion is necessary to provide unity and a long term solution
The high street's concerns
How will our clients - especially the poorest - be looked after in a post-ABS world?
"Change is inevitable"
View from south of the border by the owner of a virtual law pracice
Open letter to the profession on Legal Services Act
Eight firms appeal to solicitors to support ABS proposals
SLAS briefing paper to MSPs
Paper explains Scottish Law Agents Society stance on ABS and professional independence
High noon in Grosvenor Street
Views are polarising again ahead of the AGM
Two sides to ABS
MDPs present fewer problems than wider ownership
Appeal to NQs to make their votes count
Letter from Council member for new lawyers on referendum 2 and the AGM motions
Letter poses a question
Could we have another regulator, and the Master Policy?
Appeal to NQs to make their votes count
Letter from Council member for new lawyers on referendum 2 and the AGM motions
Independence requires a "no" vote
Open letter setting out the "no" case in the Scotsman debate
The essence of a profession
The Society's contribution to the debate in the Scotsman of 17 May
Promoting law reform
Solicitors should resist any proposals that would dilute or remove the duty to promote law reform
Practising the new politics
Government is about getting your hands dirty
An informed choice
Solicitors have the opportunity to vote on whether the status quo is working for them. The decision should be based on principle, not on fear that there is no alternative
Voting isn't over yet
Crucial that solicitors play their part in referendum and AGM
"Only you can save the profession"
Why some solicitors will cast a protest vote against the Society, and what it should do to be seen to represent them
Referendum 2: another legal aid perspective
A member of the Society's legal aid negotiating team explains why practitioners are most effectively represented through the Society
What kind of choice?
Past attempts to set up a national bar association failed, and there is no credible alternative at present to the Society
Exercising choice
What does the "no" lobby in the referendum seek to achieve?
Society's statement on referendum 2
Why the Society should continue to be responsible for promoting the interests of, and representing, solicitors in Scotland