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Time to engage

Local authorities will play a key role in ?long-term care, ?but the elderly must liaise with them to start the financial clock, says Tish Hanifan

China in your hand

Mainland Chinese clients are becoming more international and an important group for private wealth advisers, but there are cultural sensitivities to consider, says Marcus Leese

Regulatory watch | The SRA is treading a fine line

The SRA's recent revelation that it has already ?exceeded its annual intervention budget doesn't surprise ?Susanna Heley. And there are tougher times to come

Life in crime | Degrees of separation

David Rhodes reports on a recent case where 'a judge's ‘uninvited indication' of the likely sentence amounted to pressure on a defendant

Euopean briefing | European Commission act to clarify stance on cancelled and delayed flights

With claims for delayed flights on the rise, a clearer position is ?being sought but as Paul Stanley explains, it looks set to benefit airlines over consumers

Workshop: Making urgent judicial review applications

Richard Honey addresses the duties placed on a lawyer when making an application for urgent consideration in judicial review

Update | Contract: Jackson v Dear, what is a consumer

Mark Lucas looks at Jackson v Dear and asks what is a consumer, while examining a recent lifing of the corporate veil and defective performances

Update | Judicial review: abuse of disclosure, formal disclosure

Gareth Mitchell asks whether it is an abuse of process to bring a private law claim in circumstances where that challenge might have been included within an earlier judicial review and if it is time to introduce a formal disclosure process for judicial review claims