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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
