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Hate crime: an open letter

13th August 2014 | criminal law
Solicitor protests against ineffective action by authorities against child homophobia

Dissolving the Union

22nd July 2014 | government-administration
Comment on "Scotland's Constitutional Future 2" and Scotland's status

People's choice

10th July 2014 | government-administration
Does the draft interim constitution embody that the people are "sovereign"?

Time barring hybrid complaints

10th July 2014 | professional regulation
Question over SLCC's unpublished policy

Letter: AFLA's positive impact

10th July 2014 | client relations , practice management
Marking the success to date of Armed Forces Legal Action

Global connections

14th June 2014 | practice management
Despite the concerns voiced, there is little evidence to date of harm to the Scottish legal profession from the number of cross-border mergers

Selling a vision

18th May 2014
What the independence debate needs is more people with vision and less narrow focusing and negative point scoring

Justice on the cheap?

14th April 2014
Does the Courts Reform Bill load the scales too heavily against litigating in the Court of Session?

Letter: Quit the bucket shop

12th April 2014 | property (non-commercial)
Time to cut conveyancing risks, by charging a proper fee for a proper service

Still talking; little new

13th March 2014 | government-administration , law society of scotland
Cabinet Secretary's familiar messages to Council

Letter: "Issues for the Union"

12th March 2014 | government-administration
Independence would mean dissolving all parts of the United Kingdom

Letter: "Is this where it ends?"

12th March 2014
Problems in legislating for assisted suicide

Neuberger speech: where is the "offence"?

15th February 2014 | europe , human rights
President took no position on whether British is better

Corroboration: the soap opera continues

9th February 2014 | criminal law
Mr MacAskill's proposed course is no way to make law

Positive thinking

20th January 2014
Contributors to the magazine this month are showing this attitude to the challenges of 2014

Letter: conveyancing delays

17th January 2014 | property (non-commercial)
No one's interests are served, especially the client's, by selling solicitors delaying in ordering up titles

Letter: measure of equality

17th January 2014 | employment , law society of scotland
Comment on the feature on the Society's recent equality and diversity survey

A breath of fresh air from Parliament

18th December 2013 | government-administration , human rights
Cheers for the report on prisoners' voting rights

Helpful exchange?

11th December 2013 | banking-financial services , property (non-commercial)
Lenders Exchange costs discriminate against sole practitioners

Political rights

6th December 2013 | government-administration
Is it wise to propose to include socio-economic rights in the constitution of an independent Scotland?

Does the Society expect me to work for free?

6th December 2013 | criminal law , law society of scotland
What the guidance on collecting legal aid contributions actually means

The last hope for corroboration?

28th November 2013 | criminal law
It should be in the interests of all parties lobbying on the corroboration issue to take up the Law Society of Scotland's invitation to talks

Letter: ex-protocol expenses

14th November 2013 | civil litigation , reparation
Reply to news item about Lawson v Sabre Insurance

All our own fault?

14th November 2013 | law society of scotland , opinion
The profession, and the Society, has a remarkable ability to shoot itself in the foot
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