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Wealth and safety: asset protection in divorce proceedings

Onshore and offshore trusts and family businesses are becoming more prevalent in matrimonial disputes and those that have not been structured or run properly have...

Costs budgeting: the benefits of hindsight

Recoverable costs may become more disproportionate under the new test than previously

60-second interview: Zoe Sive

Zoë Sive, private client tax partner at Kingsley Napley, discusses her new role

Domain names: marketing dream, business nightmare

Preparing brand owners for the risks of personalised online registry names is your responsibility, says Robert MacGinn

Education update

Universities failing to provide for students with disabilities is a growing litigation minefield, warns Jamie Dixon

Police and criminal evidence update

Rebecca Connell and Vivien Cochrane discuss challenges to search warrants, detention under schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000, pre-emptive arrests and recorded conversations

True meaning

It is now clear that courts look at wills as a contract when interpreting ambiguous or meaningless words and trying to ascertain intentions, says Lloyd...

Is your firm's publicity putting you in the risk zone?

"There is no such thing as bad publicity" is a familiar saying, but not one which should be taken too literally by lawyers. Solicitors should...