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Workshop: Private client

With an increase in the number of estates becoming 'subject to litigation, the need to keep accurate accounting 'records is greater than ever. Darran Fawcett advises on 'the best way to prepare and present the information

Local government update: judicial review, freedom of information, planning

Peter Hill and Rebecca Hazledine consider 'the community right to challenge, 'post-legislative scrutiny of the Freedom of Information Act, 'the National Planning 'Policy Framework and 'forthcoming legislation

Feedback framework: How to get your firm ready for 360-degree feedback

Jo Ayoubi discusses how to increase engagement with a 360-degree feedback programme

Make hay while the sun shines: Shirt v Shirt

Shirt v Shirt reinforces the importance of written agreements in family farming partnerships, says Christopher McNall

Selling to strengths: Business development for introverts and extroverts

Douglas McPherson discusses how to create tailored BD plans for introverts and extroverts

Terrorists or freedom fighters?

The interpretation by the National Offender 'Management Service of extremism gives too 'much prominence to a psychological approach that 'de-contextualises the offender and fails to consider 'the motive behind the action, says Thomas Carlisle

An Englishman abroad

Mark Jones explores the tricky issue of domicile of origin over domicile of choice in Morris v Davies

Revisiting the approach to contractual interpretation

The courts have reinstated a welcome common sense 'approach to the interpretation of commercial contracts, 'say Conrad Walker and Helen Rowlands