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New guidance on client communications
The guidance on client communication (Rule B4) has been updated and the new guidance will come into effect on 1 June 2016.
Professional Practice Updates - May 2016
We have updated the guidance on client communication (Rule B4) and the new guidance will come into effect on 1 June 2016.
Professional Practice Updates - February 2016
The Property Standardisation Group and the Law Society of Scotland Residential Project have launched a suite of style dispositions tailored to residential transactions.
Professional Practice Updates - January 2016
We would like to draw members’ attention to an amendment to the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ (CML) Handbook, which is due to be published in the online version of the Handbook on 1 February 2016.
The Word on the High Street December 2015
The winter 2015 edition of the newsletter for all practitioners working in the small and medium sized firms which make up the backbone of the profession.
Professional Practice Updates - November 2015
Our Guidance on Letters of Obligation and Advance Notices states inter alia...
Professional Practice updates - October 2015
The Society’s Trust and Succession Sub-Committee and Professional Practice Committee both independently identified that important issues of interest and concern to the profession arose out of the Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal’s findings in The Law Society of Scotland v David Haddow Campbell (11 March 2013).
Professional Practice updates - September 2015
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Regulations come into effect on 1 October 2015.
Professional practice updates - August 2015
The key features of the Court Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 will be implemented on 22 September – the start of the new legal year.
Professional Practice Updates - July 2015
Following representations by the Property Law Committee, the Keeper has amended her policy in respect of deeds submitted for registration but which do not bear the Title Number of the registered plot to which they relate.
The Word on the High Street June 2015
The summer edition of the newsletter for all practitioners working in the small and medium sized firms which make up the backbone of the profession.
Professional Practice Updates - June 2015
Scotland's civil court reforms will start to be seen within months.
