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Revolutionising the solicitor brand

Is the relaxation of the separate business rule an opportunity or a threat for solicitors, asks Viv Williams

EU Succession Regulation: The answer for cross-border estates?

While the UK has opted out of Brussels IV, clients with assets in EU member states must still be advised to review their wills before...

Special foundations: An origin story

Restrictions in the London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939 were carried into the Party Wall etc. Act 1996; David Bowden discusses how they are now...

We had a contract! We did?

A legally binding contract is not limited to a written document with a signature on the dotted line

Going it alone

Lynn Hitchen discusses the legal process involved in Alder Hey Children's Charity becoming independent of the NHS Trust earlier this year

When two become one

The legal process is not a barrier to charity mergers, says Jo Coleman; rather it is the cultural, emotional, and personal issues that lawyers find...

Open dialogue: Technical issues in charity law

The Law Commission's current consultation on charities promises to reduce the administrative burden and remove ambiguities in the law, say Alison Talbot and Charlotte Russell

Chuggers: Nearing the end of the road?

Advances in technology might prove to be the nail in the coffin for charity street collectors, say Darren Hooker and Clive Vergnaud