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How best to manage assets after the Budget

The latest Finance Bill 2008 is only one of the developments which should make investors review their position when deciding to manage assets either offshore or onshore, say Randall Krebs and Annika Jones

Regional focus: Wales

With a growing number of law firms but comparatively fewer solicitors, the market for legal services in Wales is becoming more fragmented and the profession more vulnerable. Jean-Yves Gilg reports

Stopping the clock

Recent cases on the liability of professional advisers have refined the circumstances where the court will dismiss limitation arguments but additional clarification is still needed, say Fergal Cathie and Simon Schooling

A fatal misconception

Classifying adults as dependants until they reach 18 or leave higher education may not be as straightforward in fatal accident cases as Williams illustrates, says Michael Imperato

Challenging the combat immunity principle

Claims by members of the armed services injured on active service abroad maybe more likely to succeed under human rights legislation,explains Dijen Basu

Independent decisions

Expert determinations are increasingly favoured by those lawyers keen on resolving dispute away from the courts, says John Kendall

Update: housing

Rebecca Cattermole reviews cases including right to buy and the status of occupiers

Big money divorce

Patricia Hollings and Nisha Aggarwal look at the impact on 'big money' divorces following a short marriage and the limits on a wife's award when assessing needs