Skip to content
Law Society of Scotland
Search
Find a Solicitor
Contact us
About us
Sign in
Search
Find a Solicitor
Contact us
About us
Sign in
  • For members

    • For members

    • CPD & Training

    • Membership and fees

    • Rules and guidance

    • Regulation and compliance

    • Journal

    • Business support

    • Career growth

    • Member benefits

    • Professional support

    • Lawscot Wellbeing

    • Lawscot Sustainability

  • News and events

    • News and events

    • Law Society news

    • Blogs & opinions

    • CPD & Training

    • Events

  • Qualifying and education

    • Qualifying and education

    • Qualifying as a Scottish solicitor

    • Career support and advice

    • Our work with schools

    • Lawscot Foundation

    • Funding your education

    • Social mobility

  • Research and policy

    • Research and policy

    • Research

    • Influencing the law and policy

    • Equality and diversity

    • Our international work

    • Legal Services Review

    • Meet the Policy team

  • For the public

    • For the public

    • What solicitors can do for you

    • Making a complaint

    • Client protection

    • Find a Solicitor

    • Frequently asked questions

    • Your Scottish solicitor

  • About us

    • About us

    • Contact us

    • Who we are

    • Our strategy, reports and plans

    • Help and advice

    • Our standards

    • Work with us

    • Our logo and branding

    • Equality and diversity

  1. Home
  2. For members
  3. Journal Archive
  4. Issues
  5. May 2003

May 2003

Scotland's courts face lost generation catastrophe
Warnings that young lawyers in their droves are turning their backs on court practice
Compromise is better option to confrontation
Scottish Legal Aid Board Chairman Jean Couper is attempting to build co-operation and consultation
Date set for reform package
Civil legal aid reform package announced by Justice Minister
Risk and reward await those who go on their own
Solicitors who have set up their own practice talk about the experience
A matter of opinion
Part 1 of a look back over 10 years of giving conveyancing opinions, highlighting recurring issues
https://lawware.co.uk/

In this issue

  • Scotland's courts face lost generation catastrophe
  • Compromise is better option to confrontation
  • Date set for reform package
  • Risk and reward await those who go on their own
  • A matter of opinion
  • Organise workload to make your valuable time count
  • Continuity planning takes drama out of a crisis
  • Pursuers panel advises on professional negligence
  • Client relations
  • Platt aiming to push forward
  • President's column
  • Abandonment at common law still competent
  • Holiday heaven or hell?
  • Data Protection Act 1998 - what you need to know
  • Getting to grips with debt
  • Europe
  • How the leopard changed its spots
  • Licensing
  • Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal
  • Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal (1)
  • Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal (2)
  • Website reviews
  • Book reviews
  • Contaminated land must be discussed with clients
  • Property reports service now online

Recent Issues

Dec 2023
Nov 2023
Oct 2023
Sept 2023
Search the archive

Additional

Law Society of Scotland
Atria One, 144 Morrison Street
Edinburgh
EH3 8EX
If you’re looking for a solicitor, visit FindaSolicitor.scot
T: +44(0) 131 226 7411
E: lawscot@lawscot.org.uk
About us
  • Contact us
  • Who we are
  • Strategy reports plans
  • Help and advice
  • Our standards
  • Work with us
Useful links
  • Find a Solicitor
  • Sign in
  • CPD & Training
  • Rules and guidance
  • Website terms and conditions
Law Society of Scotland | © 2025
Made by Gecko Agency Limited