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24

Mar
2011

Online Exclusive: Mike's blog - Justice for all

At 5am this morning, 60 police officers arrived to forcibly... Read more

24

Mar
2011

Grotesque chaos

John McGovern points to past precedent and argues that the... Read more

23

Mar
2011

Another brick in the wall

David O'Hagan, former President of the GIasgow Bar... Read more

23

Mar
2011

Anglophobia

Former solicitor Francis Collins wonders why allowing the UK... Read more

22

Mar
2011

MP tries to silence The Firm

This is the text of a letter sent to David Ruffley MP by the... Read more

22

Mar
2011

Statement from SLAB Chairman Iain Robertson

The Scottish Legal Aid Board Chairman Iain A. Robertson has... Read more

22

Mar
2011

On the list

Solicitor advocate John Scott muses on the implications of... Read more

21

Mar
2011

Hardly a sound foundation

Solicitor Paul Carnan of Blaney Carnan, offers his... Read more

20

Mar
2011

Statement from the Scottish Law Agents Society

For 60 years and more the Council of the Law Society, by dint... Read more

20

Mar
2011

Sleepwalking

Few would argue that the rule of law is fundamental, and... Read more

18

Mar
2011

A plea from the sidelines

Solicitor Ewan Miller of Thorntons offers a suggestion that... Read more

18

Mar
2011

Young lawyers in love

Solicitor advocate John Scott relates a tale of two lawyers,... Read more

17

Mar
2011

Mike's blog: 8 out of 10 cats

Is the debate over the Law Society of Scotland's dual... Read more

17

Mar
2011

A mood to engage

As reported in The Firm, some solicitors claim the Law... Read more

17

Mar
2011

A proposal to rethink the conflict of interest rules

Ian Ferguson, Council Member of The Scottish Law Agents... Read more

16

Mar
2011

Misunderstood, misled...

The post-Cadder evidential hearings are lifting the stone on... Read more

15

Mar
2011

The Law Society's submission to the Justice Committee on Stip fees

This is the written submission from the Law Society of... Read more

14

Mar
2011

The final curtain?

This is the text of the letter calling for a formal end to... Read more

14

Mar
2011

Online exclusive: Mike's blog: The hardest word

As the statutory body which administers Scotland’s legal... Read more

07

Mar
2011

Fairly robustly...

This is the letter sent by Lindsay Montgomery to Jamie... Read more

07

Mar
2011

A pressing need

This is the full text of the letter sent today by Jamie... Read more

01

Mar
2011

Online exclusive: Austin's blog: Sugar and...

HI everyone. I have not blogged for ages – a... Read more

25

Feb
2011

The letter, in full.

This is the text of the letter sent by the Law Society's... Read more

25

Feb
2011

Ian Hamilton QC on judicial appointments

Lifetime Achievement winner at the Law Awards of Scotland,... Read more

25

Feb
2011

Online exclusive: "The Great Dictator" - Dr Jim Swire on Gadaffi and misinformation

You will already be aware of the circulating story about the... Read more

24

Feb
2011

A Mortal Blow

Law Society Council member Walter Semple argues that the Law... Read more

23

Feb
2011

Brand value

Philip Hannay casts an eye on the week's significant... Read more

18

Feb
2011

Kiss my assets

Cath Karlin, Head of Family Law of HBJ Gateley Wareing, warns... Read more

17

Feb
2011

Lord Advocate's fingerprints...

This is the response submitted by the signatories to the... Read more

15

Feb
2011

Cadder costs and a Crown scandal

In the second part of his post-Cadder analysis, solicitor... Read more

14

Feb
2011

Online Exclusive: Alan Muir's column

As the Lord Advocate announces further legislative attempts... Read more

10

Feb
2011

The Crucible

Kenny MacAskill has certainly made an impression in the Big... Read more

10

Feb
2011

Not if, but how.

Professor Alan Miller, Chair of the Scottish Human Rights... Read more

10

Feb
2011

The Digital Judiciary

In December the English Lord Chief justice ruled that... Read more

10

Feb
2011

Gimme Shelter

A cut on every corner in public sector spending has a... Read more

09

Feb
2011

Scottish Legal Aid Board: Comments on the Law Society’s Access to Justice Committee’s Discussion Paper

"Scottish Legal Aid Board :Comments on the Law... Read more

06

Feb
2011

Outdated, self serving, incestuous and redundant

The Case for a Royal Commission into the Scottish Justice... Read more

02

Feb
2011

Precedent for President

Some 82% of respondents to our online poll were in favour of... Read more

02

Feb
2011

Online Exclusive: Mike's blog - "On the nickel"

Have you ever been down to your last pound? Not a friend in... Read more

02

Feb
2011

The Law Society's Access to Justice Committee proposal on reform of Legal Aid

Last September, the Law Society of Scotland's Access to... Read more

20

Jan
2011

Contempt for Contempt of Court

As Gail Sheridan, cleared of any criminal charges, formally... Read more

18

Jan
2011

Online exclusive: A Christian lawyer's perspective on the B&B case

Following today's ruling in England which found against the... Read more

17

Jan
2011

Law Society "manifesto": Key proposals

The Law Society is to formally publish its manifesto at... Read more

17

Jan
2011

Jamie Millar on the Law Society manifesto

The Law Society of Scotland has launched its manifesto for... Read more

17

Jan
2011

Despicable...

The Scottish Government has rejected the aims of a... Read more

16

Jan
2011

Privative jurisdiction

This is the text of the letter sent to the Minister for... Read more

13

Jan
2011

"A legal system that is unable to act, a Crown Office that refuses to act and a political system rendered incapable of acting"

This is the response submitted by the petitioner, 'The... Read more

03

Jan
2011

Exclusive: Money has no place in Scots justice

Former criminal practitioner and Scots law elder statesman... Read more

02

Jan
2011

The justification of abuse

A special essay on the true meaning of separation of... Read more

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Dec
2010

Cart before the horse

Robert Forrester is the secretary of the Justice for Megrahi... Read more

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