Helpful Legal Guides

Media

• Face the Press: A Client Guide to Dealing with the Media
     HTML version
     PDF version (328k)
• Guidance on the Laws of Privacy

Litigation

• Defended Actions in the Sheriff Court
  A Note on the Standard procedure

Medical Negligence

• Medical Negligence: A Short Note on the Law

Personal Injury

• A Note on Damages in Personal Injury Cases (PDF, 394kb)
• New Court of Session Rules
• Personal Injury Claim Questionnaire (PDF 48k)
• General Damages For Pain, Suffering and loss of amenity - Questionaires Relating to Parts of the body (PDF, 60k)
• Defamation: What Price a Man’s Reputation? (Word doc 276k)
• Information Needed for Wrongful Death Claims in the United States

Criminal

• The Law Relating to Arrest
• Assault and the Law
• The modern actus reus of breach of the peace
• Careless Driving – The Law
• Drinking and Driving: The Law and Procedure (PDF, 96k)
• Misuse of Drugs Act: Legitimate Possession
• Section 2 Road Traffic Prosecution A guide to the legal background
• Solemn Procedure (Parts IV, VII, VIII - CP(S)A 1995)
• Summary Criminal Procedure – A Guide to Your Prosecution

Employment & Mediation

• A Guide to Mediation
• Stress at Work: The Law
• Employment Legislation 2003 and Beyond
  This powerpoint presentation aims to provide a readily accessible guide to employment legislation that is to be implemented into UK law in 2003 and beyond.
  (Powerpoint 1.16Mb)
• Family Friendly Employment Rights
  This powerpoint presentation introduces the Government 's new range of employment rights designed to help working parents.
  (Powerpoint 144k)

Advice for the Professionals

• Problems faced by Scottish Solicitors including Risks for the Criminal Practitioner

Corporate

• Directors’ Duties
  A guide to Directors duties under legislation (Company Law and Insolvency Law) and under Common Law. If a director is in breach of these duties of his or her office then s/he may be held personally liable.

Fatal Accident Inquiries

• The Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths Inquiry

Resources

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