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March 2020

Roberton: a better alternative
Two replies to Professor Crerar's article supporting the Roberton reforms, and a brief rejoinder from the professor
Nikah-only marriage: a Scottish remedy?
The Court of Appeal found a Nikah-only marriage to be a “non-marriage” under English law, leaving it powerless to grant economic redress on its breakdown. Could a Scottish court provide a remedy?
Shining a light on arbitration
Scotland plays host to the world’s arbitrators with the ICCA Congress in May. What will it bring – and is arbitration thriving here at present? The Journal met Lindy Patterson QC
Beyond the books
In association with the Law Society of Scotland's accountancy partners: the Society’s member services now include its first accountancy partners, as it encourages solicitors to seek business advice
Opinion: Val Dougan
In the month of International Women’s Day, is law still a man’s world? Research illustrates that much needs to change, at societal as well as professional level, for that no longer to hold true
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Regulars

  • Book reviews: March 2020
  • Profile: Jim Drysdale
  • People on the move: March 2020

Perspectives

  • Opinion: Val Dougan
  • Letters: March 2020
  • President's column

Features

  • Roberton: a better alternative
  • Nikah-only marriage: a Scottish remedy?
  • Shining a light on arbitration
  • Beyond the books
  • Appropriate adults: a legal framework
  • A brief history of (the law on) time

Briefings

  • Reach of case management
  • Hello Brexit, bye bye streaming portability?
  • Home defeat for Liverpool
  • When it pays less to network
  • Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal – Mar 20
  • CGT: early reporting for all
  • ILC welcomes new faces

In practice

  • Price transparency: how does it work?
  • TCSP: themes from the review
  • The best of times; the worst of times
  • SPA roundup
  • Not so good to go
  • Ask Ash

Online exclusive

  • Reading for pleasure: March 2020
  • Price transparency: why you should pay attention
  • Deepfakes, and how to avoid them
  • Working round the virus
  • Equal pay: a material defence?
  • Territorial scope strikes twice more

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