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137 Solic. J. 1 (1993)

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Tess  Gill reports on the impact on British women's employment
implementation of the EC Directive on Maternity Rights page 8


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Practice management
Martin Davies explains the importance of
marketing, particularly for
franchisees  page  17


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CONTENTS


TOPICS
The year  in view.......   .............3

COMMENT...   ............ ..........7

FEATURES
SJ  inquiry
Sean  Webster   investigates a call for
the introduction of a scheme to help
alcoholic solicitors ....... ......6

Employment
Tess  Gill reports on the implications
for the UK of a new EC  Directive on
Maternity Rights...  ............_8

Litigation
Hugh   Brayne  asks whether  negligent
solicitors are protected by s 14A of
the Limitation Act...........__............_.10

Local   authorities
Alan  Harrison considers  the
Government's   proposals to subject
local authority legal services to
competition...  ... ....... ._12

Finance
Beatrice  Toll advises on tax aspects
of scrip dividends................14

Update
Partnership matters: recent develop-
ments  by Ian Grant........................15

Practice   management
Martin  Davies assesses  the reaction
to the Legal Aid Board's new franchis-
ing proposals................__A.17

EC
John  Bennett  and  Stephen  Cirell
guide you  through the EC Services
D irective  ......  ................. ...18

Out  of  London
Richard  Barr  is fed up with the age of
technology  and mobile phones.........20

Property
Kerry  Stephenson   presents  his pre-
dictions for the residential property
market  in '93.......................21
Josephine   Hayes  reviews  recent
cases  relating to quantifying beneficial
interests in residential property........22

In person
Judith  Crosbie, Lovell White
Durrant's anchor  in Beijing, talks to
Richard  Clayton...  .. ........28

PROPERTY DIRECTORY .........24
CLASSIFIED......     ...........27
LAWBRIEF           .... ........... .LB1
Cover  by Jonathan Wolstenholme

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