Blogs & opinions
Independence vote: one is enough
Second poll would have high risk of indecisive outcome
Police station duty plan proposals unacceptable
Open leter from Glasgow Bar Association rejects current SLAB/Scottish Government plan
Judges and politicians
Scottish ministers have surely overstepped the mark this time
Access to justice for Scottish citizens
Open letter re the Scottish Government's attack on Scottish judges
Discrimination: bad for business
Society will lead in tackling negative perceptions of the profession by ethnic minority solicitors
What sort of legal independence?
Criminal cases and the Supreme Court
The challenge of open government
Law officer appointments are not the real test of accountability
Defining privacy
Article 8 or Article 10: that is the question
Dealing with the new Parliament
Society wants to continue constructive relationship in dealing with legal issues
Shock of the new
One election result that is going to make life a whole lot more interesting, not least for legal observers
Something worth voting for
The Holyrood election hasn't caught fire, but the AV poll is crucial
The price of rights
Do individuals' remedies have to be put on hold pending court challenges to legislation?
Messages for an audience
Panelists at Society's hustings manage to connect with reality (most of the time)
In search of a constitution
What does counsel's opinion mean for the talks in progress?
Arming the Libyan rebels: a legal move?
Can our Government provide arms to the rebels under the UN resolution in the face of the previous embargo?
Southern perspective
Hope lecture sheds light on working of Supreme Court
Not quite square one
Outcome of constitution debate suggests room to move forward
SLAS comments on Society's response
Law Agents' rejoinder on criticisms of new draft constitution
Society responds to SLAS on constitution
A reply to the Law Agents' five heads of concern
Glasgow v The Rest?
What might the GBA achieve with different representative bodies?
SLAS reasons for opposing new draft
Complaints of excessive erosion of members' rights and sloppy drafting
The AGM and the constitution
The constitution could do with updating even as regards participation in the meeting
Time for a fresh look at conflict of interest
Shorter version of a discussion paper related to the Scottish Law Agents Society motion before the Law Society of Scotland AGM
No placating some people
Breaking up the Law Society of Scotland would harm the profession