Blogs & opinions
Damage limitation
Is the Parliament up to the job?
Letter: Removings for rent arrears
Why are sheriffs apparently ignoring the mandatory provisions of the Housing Act?
Austin's angle: start as you mean to continue
Money laundering compliance is tedious but worth the effort
Flexi-training good: SYLA
Call to Society to provide further support
View from the street
Festival of Politics event gives a taste of some public perceptions of the law
Austin's angle: up scope
Keep yourself out of trouble with a proper scoping exercise up front
All in a week's news
Some observations on interesting legal-related events of the last few days
Austin's angle: on top with the e-diary
Manage your deadlines better with the digital version of that vital diary
A day to shape our lives
Next month's "Law in Scotland" conference will address key issues facing the legal profession at national and practice level
Austin's angle: winning the buy-in
Getting your staff onside involves people interaction as well as systems
Austin's angle: the good of the system
Uniformity, or the benefits of a factory production line in the solicitor’s office
Conscience and the same-sex marriage debate
A plea for the right priorities as decisions are taken
Austin's angle: the key question for clients
Ask "What if?" to make them think about wills - or other needs
A tidal wave building?
Developments on ABS, featured in this month's Journal, highlight the imminence of change
Letter: SLCC – fix the sift
There should be a less expensive means of appealing a decision to sift through a complaint
Austin's angle: the potential of your wills bank
First in a series of blogs about increasing your efficiency and profitability as a firm
France says “Non” to ABS
The national council representing the local law societies in France has passed a resolution rejecting the concept of alternative business structures. A lawyer qualified in France and the UK explains why
Weight of evidence
Ministers should rethink rush to end corroboration
School's out
Work with schools raises awareness among pupils - and is very rewarding
Above the conflict
Regulating ABSs does not automatically generate an additional conflict of interest for the Society
Letter: Help when it was needed
One solicitor's thanks to the Law Society of Scotland
Letter: Standard clauses
Standard missives are commendable, but the effect of some clauses is open to question
A glimpse of the future
Williams seminar highlights need for fresh thinking
Letter: Spinning the levy
Reaction to the SLCC levy for the coming year, and the Society's "spin"