Update: wills, probate and trustsCatherine McAleavey on appointing replacement executors and joint accounts, with Catherine Sanders on possession and retiring trustees
Look before you sign on the lineIf you sign cheques make sure that you limit the number of signatories . In a recent fraud investigation, a long serving accounts clerk used seven different signatories to sign petty cash cheques on a rotational basis.
Topping up the piggyUnless we can predict our death, corporate pension provision remains the best option for employers and employees, says Robin Ellison
Civil litigation briefThis month Gordon Exall takes a detailed look at the rules relating to amending parties after the expiry of the limitation period
Seeing redWill the first case in favour of a bank stem the flow of complaints against penalty charges for unauthorised overdrafts, asks Richard Lawson
Practice trends: charity lawAs the Charities Act 2006 is gradually implemented, the voluntary sector is beginning to grapple with a new set of challenges. Jean-Yves Gilg reports
Not in full agreementEntire agreements clauses will only be effective if the wording is sufficiently clear and wide in scope, say Eamonn Mcnamara and Michael Twomey
Life in crimeFrancis FitzGibbon explains that the IPP regime may have the opposite effect to what was intended
