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Update: commercial property
Solicitors Journal

Update: commercial property

Milton McIntosh considers cases on lease agreements, the interpretation of rent review provisions, arbitrations, authorised guarantee agreements, surrenders and break notices
Update: tax and trusts
Solicitors Journal

Update: tax and trusts

David Bird explains the new system of tax appeals, and looks at recent cases on trusts, inheritance tax and capital gains tax and a new disclosure opportunity for offshore accounts
Avoid like the plague
Solicitors Journal

Avoid like the plague

Russell Conway considers how the legal profession will cope as swine flu takes hold
New deal
Solicitors Journal

New deal

The SRA's new powers should enable it to deal with cases more efficiently and fairly, but is it a better deal for the regulated, asks Tony Guise
Plugging the gap
Solicitors Journal

Plugging the gap

As legal aid turns 60, Jon Robins explores possible solutions to the system's failures
Read between the lines
Solicitors Journal

Read between the lines

The European Court of Justice decision that computer processes which read and make temporary copies of published work should be regarded as breaching copyright is illogical, says Paul Stanley NO
Update: wills and probate
Solicitors Journal

Update: wills and probate

Helen Bryant considers cases involving claims by extended family members under the Inheritance Act, proving secret trusts, propriety estoppel and inheritance tax
Update: licensing
Solicitors Journal

Update: licensing

Roy Light discusses underage sales of alcohol, private hire licences and out of area working, licence conditions and the responsibilities of premises licence holders