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TUPE reform: restrained yet pragmatic

The government has held back on its intention to remove some of the 'gold plating' on TUPE rules, but its latest proposals are surprisingly sensible, says Jeffrey Jupp

View from the bench | Help the court to help you

Solicitors who send letters to the county court two or three times, followed with fax and email copies, do nothing to help their case or their client, says District Judge Nigel Law

Crash and capture: how insurers want to cut out lawyers from the claims process

Arguments by insurers to cut portal fees further are just another attempt at removing independent lawyers from the compensation process, says Michael Williamson

Circle the wagons or come out all guns blazing

If you want to fend off ABS marauders running amok in the 'new wild west of legal services you must use your website as an active marketing weapon, says Paul Hajek

Update | Court of Protection: significant developments in healthcare treatment and welfare

The Court of Protection's decision to allow non-therapeutic vasectomy for the first time is only one of several significant developments in healthcare treatment and welfare, says Fiona Scolding

Update | Intellectual property: wide-ranging changes

The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act and the Intellectual Property Bill will bring about exceptionally wide-ranging changes, says Susan Singleton

Workshop: Obtaining probate for a foreign domiciled deceased

Increasingly clients have assets in several countries. Colin Dunston examines obtaining ?a grant to an estate in England and Wales where the deceased died domiciled abroad

Heavy duty

Now the court has power to remove an executor before a grant of probate has been obtained, what are the risks for practitioners? By Lloyd Junor