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September 2012

Separate representation for borrower and lender
A review of the difficulties with the current position and the options going forward, against the author's view that a rule change is needed
Market abuse and regulatory enforcement
What is market abuse, and how does the civil enforcement regime work? This article highlights some issues and the recent leading Punch Taverns case
Choosing to die: the defence dilemma
When a client in a capital case no longer values his life, what is the appropriate role of the defence lawyer? The question arose sharply for a Scottish graduate on a clerkship in the United States
The rise of the partnership tribunal
A blog type comment on the growth of partnership claims before employment tribunals
Evolving marriage rights
The fuller version of this month's human rights briefing on recognition of same-sex marriage under international human rights instruments
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In this issue

  • Separate representation for borrower and lender
  • Market abuse and regulatory enforcement
  • Choosing to die: the defence dilemma
  • The rise of the partnership tribunal
  • Evolving marriage rights
  • Margaret Paterson Archer: an appreciation
  • Reading for pleasure
  • Street level insights
  • Opinion column: Malcolm Cannon
  • Book reviews
  • Council profile
  • President's column
  • Land mass coverage heads for milestone
  • Bidding for success
  • Across the divide
  • Blades running?
  • Welfare still rules
  • Protected conversations
  • Over the border
  • Sum of the parts
  • Holding out for reform
  • Form 13A: a step forward
  • System in chains
  • Buildmark: online update
  • Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal
  • From the Brussels office
  • Law reform roundup
  • The earlier the better
  • Ask Ash
  • Business radar

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