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6 Apr 2016

Panama Papers shed light on spate of non-disclosure divorces

'No court in England and Wales will tolerate non-disclosure'

6 Apr 2016

New build boom sparks increase in business for conveyancers

Trend is set to continue, with 253,000 new homes given planning approval in 2015

5 Apr 2016

Sustainable development and the NPPF

Adrienne Copithorne considers how a development can be judged to be 'sustainable' within the complex context of the planning system

5 Apr 2016

All aboard the new insolvency express

Stephen Allinson reflects on the new fee regime and the operation of the Pre-Pack Pool

5 Apr 2016

The agile workplace

How do you make the case for the agile workplace, especially in the face of the naysayers who will maintain that it's about little more than furniture, writes Louise Hadland

5 Apr 2016

Key private client tax changes in the March 2016 Budget

John Bunker and Anthony Nixon take a closer look at major changes to SDLT, lifetime ISA allowances, and CGT rates

5 Apr 2016

Debunking the 'benefits tourism' myth

Recent cases have shown increasingly definite insistence by the CJEU that claims for social security benefits can be rejected if appropriate, writes Paul Stanley QC

5 Apr 2016

The debate on incurred costs continues

Do practitioners now need to prepare for a mini assessment of costs at the case management conference stage, wonders David Cooper