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November 2012

The discount rate debate
Why the discount rate applied in assessing future damages has become a hot topic, and the moves underway to try to secure a better deal for pursuers
Weighted scales
Why defence lawyers in legal aid cases are at a disadvantage in obtaining expert forensic evidence
"Mere squatters"?
Discussion of the decision in Morris v Eason, and the status of a partnership occupying subjects without a formal lease
Extended, modernised and improved?
Coinciding with National Adoption Week, an examination of the extent to which the objectives of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 have been met
Reading for pleasure
This month's selection of leisure reading chosen by the Journal's Book Review Editor
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In this issue

  • The discount rate debate
  • Weighted scales
  • "Mere squatters"?
  • Extended, modernised and improved?
  • Reading for pleasure
  • Opinion column: Andrew Todd
  • Book reviews
  • Council profile
  • President's column
  • Crofting Register is all set to go live
  • Ends of justice?
  • A debt lifeline?
  • Criminal injuries in the UK - how to make a claim
  • LPOs: the next level of help
  • The age of equality
  • Human rights: a call to action
  • Screen test
  • Further, faster, smarter
  • Drop dead date
  • Shares for rights
  • Vive la difference?
  • Automatic? For employers, not quite
  • Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal
  • All change at ILG
  • Factoring in good practice
  • Worker or partner... what's the difference?
  • Ask Ash
  • Service game
  • Medical law: committee appeal
  • Law reform roundup
  • Reality checks
  • Business radar
  • From the Brussels office

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