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Advising a prospective company director

Practitioners should ensure prospective directors know their duties – and highlight the consequences of failing to meet them, say Jonathan Silverman and John Abbott

Update: pensions

With the pension pots of millions likely to be significantly reduced and fewer people than ever prepared for retirement, the future is looking bleak. Jennie Kreser considers how the D'Arcys and Bennetts of today will cope

Update: professional negligence

Victoria Brackett and Katie Papworth consider a ruling on the duties of valuers, when you can rely on counsel's advice and settlement without authority

Gold blend

With ABSs looming and the economy still unstable, many firms are considering merging to gain a competitive edge. Charles Fuchter and Jacqueline Shicluna explain why they took the plunge

Hooking up

Forget catching sharks, how do we reel in more clients? Russell Conway shares his ideas

The next chapter

I haven't been the new girl for quite some time now – to be precise it's more than five and a half years since I started at my last firm. My move this week is therefore simultaneously exciting and a little unnerving. Practically speaking, there are a pile of new names to learn and I need to find my bearings so that I may easily access important amenities such as the toilets and the flash coffee machine. Most of that should be slotting into place by the end of day one, but it will of course take rather longer to assess the various personalities and learn how they all interact with each other.

Thornhill defends magistrates over riot sentencing

There was no 'feeding frenzy' after mass disorder, magistrates' leader says

Caught in the trap

Sue Smith untangles the most common problems with DIY wills and probate