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Relaxing health and safety laws
Solicitors Journal

Relaxing health and safety laws

Zahra Nanji recaps the SARAH legislation, recommendations to exempt some self-employed persons from health and safety laws, and new guidance for construction sites
Stubbornly rooted
Solicitors Journal

Stubbornly rooted

Why don't LPAs allow us to determine how our affairs are handled with the same level of freedom that wills allow us to bequeath our assets, ask Dominic Lawrance and Radhika Mehta
Bumps in the road
Solicitors Journal

Bumps in the road

We can expect to run into a few more snags before the new LPA forms offer the accessibility and simplicity they were intended to provide
The good, the bad and the costly
Solicitors Journal

The good, the bad and the costly

Despite what seem like endless developments eroding away at the benefits of drawing up a will, there's too much at stake for people to be discouraged from having one, urge John Melville-Smith and James Ward
Head to head: accountants doing probate
Solicitors Journal

Head to head: accountants doing probate

As the one-year anniversary of the first accountancy firm being granted a probate license approaches, accountant Barry Jefferd and solicitor Lloyd Junor debate the effects of the change