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Complaints | Clear the communication channels

If a client isn't made aware that letters of wishes aren't legally binding, it could present an opportunity to address your channels of communication says Eleanor Kilner

Protecting lessees against market losses

Buildings insurance only covers rebuilding costs, not market value; but what if a building cannot be rebuilt and leaves the lessee with a huge shortfall, asks Howard Salter

Julian Webb: LETR changes are more than 'tweaks' to the system

Incremental change will equal more than the sum of its parts, including an overhaul of CPD and a focusing on outcomes-focused learning says Webb

Legal Education and Training Review: new beginnings or missed opportunity?

Two years in the making and 350 pages later, the report produced by the Legal Education and Training Review team has come out with the not-so-radical conclusion that professional standards are pretty good. There are undoubtedly some worthwhile recommendations, including scrapping minimum CPD hours and encouraging the regulators to provide alternative access routes. But is it, as the Consumer Panel has said, a missed opportunity? We asked stakeholders for their reaction

Experts | Drawing a line in boundary disputes

Experts can help keep parties in boundary disputes out of court, and their use is only going to increase, believes Mangala Murali

Experts | Medical experts must find a happy medium

Medical experts are almost always needed in clinical negligence litigation, but their role could change after Jackson, even in high-value litigation, says Jeanette Aspinall

Experts | Valuation of assets in matrimonial disputes

Assessing the valuation of assets in matrimonial disputes is a difficult task and balances on the disclosure of information, says ?David Black

Charity Commission | Mind the pennies

The Charity Tribunal doesn't have to be expensive 'to be effective, says Kenneth Dibble