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Letter: kindness – what effect?
Data should be provided on whether the "kindness courts" really make a difference
Legal aid: a 3% rise, and then what?
Ken Dalling offers some thoughts to mark the day of the general increase
Law for people
The dignity of the law has come before the dignity of those caught up in its processes. What might happen if that were reversed?
Under siege
After the extra money announced for prosecutors and then the police, something has to be done now for the defence sector
Letter: what do the money laundering rules achieve?
System of detection, not prevention, gives solicitors difficult choice
Case to be made
If the independent legal aid review could not find evidence to support a general rise in fees, what should the response be?
Letter: detention – unanswered questions
A defence lawyer's concerns at the lack of clarity over what should take place before and during an interview
Letter: better research?
SLAB is criticising the Law Society of Scotland's research, but what of its own standards?
Letter: what the review needs to cover
Legal services review should extend to delays in prosecuting rogue lawyers
Letter: jumping the gun
Digital summary procedure – seriously?
Letter: time to replace the oath?
A measure of choice should be retained for those giving evidence
Crack this one
Digitising summary criminal business is a tough nut to crack, but a bold attempt has been made
