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After the storm: How independent law firms can achieve competitive success

Chris Marston considers what a profitable, growing, independent and highly-regarded law firm would look like in 2018

What is tax avoidance? Navigating the tax planning landscape

The lines between tax avoidance and legitimate tax planning have become very blurred, so much so that the UK economy may even be affected by...

To have and to hold - if you can find it

Lottie Tyler asks how effective the bankruptcy and insolvency courts are likely to be in enforcing payment of a financial order ?on divorce

State of play: case summaries

Karen Bayley and Heather Viljoen review recent case law about vulnerable clients and inheritance

It's all about perception

A change in perception is required to overcome the naive and sanguine outlook of equity investors before it is too late, says Claire Bennison

The missing heir

Hiring an experienced heir hunter can often be the difference between failure and success

Willing to change

While the Law Commission's review of the outdated Wills Act is very welcome, industry schemes can do more to increase the public's confidence in the...

Foundations at five

Zillah Howard provides an overview of some of the features Jersey's foundation law has brought to the jurisdiction