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Cheap talk?

Claimants should take the duty to negotiate under the 41st update to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 very seriously or risk a hefty cost bill. Peter Lindsay and Victoria Handley explain

IHT conundrum

Inheritance tax is less and less an isolated matter and should be considered as one element of a bigger tax planning picture, says Peter Nellist

Immigration update

Jane Coker discusses Immigration Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 , intra-EEA immigration, deportation, marriage and civil partnership, domestic violence, visits and work restrictions

Hard work?

New hiring methods and unconventional career paths have changed recruitment. Andrew Towler reports on a thriving market

Second chance tribunal

Litigation in the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal after Sinclair Gardens may become more uncertain, but Laura Collignon welcomes the pragmatic approach.

Swapping details

Jimmy Desai reports on Green Thumb Ltd and data transfer clauses in contracts

Harassment: a growing tort

Barbara Hewson reviews the extension of protection against harassment from employment to other areas of the law

Foreign adoptions

The Children and Adoption Act 2006 will make profound changes to the rules governing adoption with a foreign element, says Simon Musannif