Blogs & opinions
A week to remember
This coming week sees the climax of the Society's 60th anniversary year
Painting by numbers
Budget picture is not a pretty one, and seems to lack a sense of strategy
The limits of review
Criminal Cases Review Commissions were never intended to turn back the centuries
Up the down escalator
"Access to the professions" research needs to look at all the angles
Legal aid - at a price
Extended civil eligibility is no giveaway
Lesson from a much valued status
The Society hopes to strengthen the links with members abroad, who still value their "brand"
Talking up the market?
How much of a revival in housing can we expect to see?
Fine tuning
Inspectorate's report on fiscal fines answers some but not all questions
Shutting the stable door
Proposed financial services supervision is partial restoration of common sense
Staff have needs too
Legal firms are adopting pragmatic responses to the present economic difficulties, but these should focus as much on the needs of staff as on the structure of the business
Choosing the ground
Any review of solicitor advocates and rights of audience has to be seen to be impartial
Plenty of meat in this one
Criminal Justice and Licensing Bill gives Holyrood something to chew over
Claiming from the needy
How much should the Government be able to reclaim when benefit errors are made?
The price of extended rights
Solicitor advocates right to support call for review
Free speech needs consistency
Why ban Geert Wilders when his film is still being screened?
Four heads better than one
UK and Irish law societies sharing ideas to help members through recession
Judicious language
Sheriff's reported remarks would have been good test for new law
Time to move on
Debate about business models should be "how" rather than "whether"
"Double jeopardy" looks safe for now
Despite the fuss, the ancient principle has plenty of life
Another step forward with the new chief
Lorna Jack appointment should help break down barriers
This paper could have the right mix
Bureaucracy under control in regulation proposals
Impressions of a Homecomer
First thoughts of the Society's new Chief Executive, Lorna Jack
Time for positive thoughts
Welcome to a year with more to keep us guessing than most