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  5. March 2004

March 2004

Consumers and their guardians
President's message: All those who claim to be acting in the consumer's interest as the profession comes under review should address the question, what does that really mean?
For the United Kingdom?
Opinion column suggesting that the proposed Supreme Court will operate as part of the English court system if it is entrusted to the same civil servants
Law meets its maker
Interview with Lord Falconer, the Lord Chancellor, on the future regulation of the legal profession
Falconer's safe landing
Report of lecture by Lord Falconer, Lord Chancellor, to the WS Society on the creation of the proposed UK Supreme Court, and the audience reaction
Competition and the solicitor
Competition law aspects of the review of regulation of the legal profession, and how current professional rules might co-exist with new categories of legal adviser
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In this issue

  • Consumers and their guardians
  • For the United Kingdom?
  • Law meets its maker
  • Falconer's safe landing
  • Competition and the solicitor
  • Flying the flag in finance
  • Last piece of the jigsaw
  • A good year for most firms
  • System addicts
  • Putting theory into practice
  • The corporate challenge
  • Make money out of IT
  • A first-rate presentation
  • The usual experts?
  • Obituary: David Stewart Williamson
  • Pearls of wisdom
  • Work in progress
  • The quality assurance scheme
  • Fair hearing with prior knowledge?
  • Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal
  • Managing the timetable
  • Are landlords' fears justified?
  • Caps the stars don't want
  • Website reviews
  • Book reviews
  • Best foot forward?
  • The new law of real burdens

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