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December 2011

Involving the named person
The role of the named person under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003, and possible changes being considered by the Government
Private investigators - mitigating the risks
In the unregulated world of private investigators, the Association of British Investigators is attempting to maintain ethical standards, and with them the business reputations of instructing firms
Human inventions
Discussion of the ECJ ruling on the patentability of processes relating to embryo stem cell research
Smoother passage
A level playing field for airport users is one of the aims of new charges regulations governing operators of major airports
Rough law of the street
Author challenges the current legal approach to outdoor prostitution in Scotland, as conflicting with the political approach to it as violence against women
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In this issue

  • Involving the named person
  • Private investigators - mitigating the risks
  • Human inventions
  • Smoother passage
  • Rough law of the street
  • Council profile
  • Opinion
  • Book reviews
  • President's column
  • Mapping in the Land Register
  • Alien concept
  • Size does matter
  • Case proved?
  • Reading for pleasure
  • Relocation revisited
  • Where Parliament fears to tread...
  • Cadder's growing family
  • Landlord splits
  • Five-year-old experts
  • Common sense to the fore
  • Beware: earn-outs
  • Steering with one hand
  • Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal
  • Missives in motion
  • Constitution on track
  • From the Brussels office
  • Law reform update
  • Ask Ash
  • Outside the box

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