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  5. May 2010

May 2010

Pro bono: making a difference to people's lives
Lord Advocate writes on the importance of pro bono work, ahead of the 14 May conference
Goodbye sick note
What employers need to do to comply with the new "fit note" rules
Like tears in the rain
President's message: a huge number of people deserve thanks for helping make my Presidential year a memorable experience
On level ground?
Opinion comment that pro bono costs orders as now introduced in England & Wales have the twin benefits of supporting further pro bono work and levelling the playing field for litigants
Keeping tabs on the EU
Letter in response to the article in the March Journal
https://lawware.co.uk/

In this issue

  • Pro bono: making a difference to people's lives
  • Goodbye sick note
  • Like tears in the rain
  • On level ground?
  • Keeping tabs on the EU
  • Counterstrike
  • Supporting excellence
  • The final roll of the dice
  • Death and taxes
  • Pick of the bunch
  • Train to gain
  • Law reform update
  • Meeting the Deans
  • Family feeling
  • From the Brussels office
  • Bank liaison back on track
  • Resilience is the key
  • Cast your net
  • Outside the box
  • Ask Ash
  • Are you... experienced?
  • Handover standoff
  • Investing in dispute
  • When Nature takes over
  • Spilled milk?
  • Armed with the law
  • When is a "deed" not a deed?
  • Blocked in
  • Website review
  • Book reviews
  • Calling time on mora
  • Raiders of the lost roads?

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