News / 2007

The ongoing debate as to whether Information Technology provides a net benefit or a net cost was further fuelled by the report from the court in which the judge carefully noted a plea in mitigation on his laptop computer but, unfortunately, struck the wrong key at one stage and wiped the whole...

President Dorothy McGhie welcomed members and their guests to a reception followed by lunch at the Royal Society of Physicians & S

Our former President, Craig Bennet, continues as convenor of the Scottish Solicitors Benevolent Fund which is a facility operated jointly by the Scottish Law Agents Society and the Law Society of

Now that these rules have been re-drafted and the mission declared a success, we present Craig Bennet's speech to the AGM in which he initially advocated the changes that came to be incorporated in the final text of these rules.

Reports continue to be received of the interception of solicitors’ cheques and their subsequent presentation at the solicitor’s banks but with the details of the payee having been altered.

by the latest incident in which the confidential information of 25 million Britons has been stored on two compact discs which have now been lost.

Some bullet points from the Annual Report for 2006-2007 issued by the Scottish Legal Aid Board.

· The number of legal assistance grants fell by 1% to 408,654 although spending on legal aid increased by 2% to £140.2m.

· Payments to solicitors fell by 1% to £122m.