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Complaints | The dangers of a paperless office

Destroying printed documents as part of your firm's paperless drive can land you in trouble with clients, ?say

Workshop: Becoming familiar with the National Conveyancing Protocol

If conveyancers want ?CQS accreditation, they will have to become familiar with the National Conveyancing Protocol explains John Coulter

Update | Health and safety: Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill

Zahra Nanji questions the repercussions of a late amendment to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, which places the onus on employees to prove negligence...

Update | Wealth management: IHT exemption, vulnerable persons trusts

Ann Stanyer reviews the draft guidance on a new statutory residence test, the increase in the IHT exemption, and new rules allowing disabled people to...

Keep your eyes on the road

Inheritance tax reviews, more litigation and increased legislation. Lucy Obrey and Sarah Nineham highlight what 2013 holds for probate practitioners

East meets west

Indians are now the largest foreign-born group in the UK. Dipan Shah discusses how British-Indian culture is shaping attitudes to business

Testing times for older people

Will your elderly clients be ?protected after the welfare reforms? Gareth Morgan reports on the impact of means-testing benefits, pension credit adjustments and changes to...

Planning performance: towards a redefinition 'of localism

Assessing local 'authorities' planning performance under the proposed Growth and Infrastructure Bill will lead 'to political resentment as much as legal confusion, 'says Oliver Wright