Unrepentant Companies

Shoot to Kill
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Reform of Complaints Against the Legal Profession II
Three responses to the recent Scottish Executive consultation - "Reforming complaints handling, Building consumer confidence. Regulation of the Legal Profession in Scotland", each of which presents a different solution to the questions set out in the consultation

A recommenation for ‘Of-Law’
The response of the Scottish Legal Action Group

A bigger ombudsman
Sarah O’Neill, of the Scottish Consumer Council

Internal reform & external oversight
Philip Yelland, Director of the Client Relations Office of the Law Society of Scotland

Legislation
Continuing the SCOLAG update of relevant legislation last appearing at 2005 SCOLAG 177

Housing Law
An update on housing law developments, by Derek O’Carroll, including a digest of cases on housing law reported or decided between March 2005 and August 2005, and new legislation passed since March 2005.

Welfare Law
Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland continue their quarterly review of welfare law issues with an update by Judith Paterson

Afshan Rathore reviews:
Summary Cause Procedure in the Sheriff Court (2nd edition)
Derek P Auchie
£78.00, LexisNexis, 2004

Lesley-Anne Barnes reviews:
Analysing Women’s Imprisonment
Pat Carlen and Anne Worrall
£17.99 & £40.00, Willan Publishing, 2004

Max Marnau reviews:
Prison Violence: the dynamics of conflict, fear and power
Kimmett Edgar, Ian O’Donnell, Carol Martin
£30.00, Willan, 2004

Events Diary [click here for full version]