About the Author

Alfred Phillips is a jurist, experienced in most important areas of law as a practitioner, university lecturer, journal editor and writer. He was the editor of The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland for 25 years, having founded The Conveyancing Review, which merged with The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland. He also founded and lectured on the course in Professional Skills and Professional Ethics for postgraduate students in the Faculty of Law, Glasgow University.