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No time to lose

The demand for LPAs and OPG services is only going to increase year ?on year, so we need to see sufficient investment in staff and...

Playing by the rules

Lawyer urinates into wheelie bin. Not an attention-grabbing headline from the Daily Mail, just another day at the Glastonbury festival.

Help at hand

Investing and managing a lump-sum divorce settlement is not straightforward, and it's a first-time responsibility for many individuals, says Rohan Armes

State of play: compensation awards and advance decisions

Lynsey Colman reviews recent cases from the Court of Protection, which look at gifts and refusal of blood treatment on grounds of faith

Book review

Justin Patten reads Cretney & Lush on Lasting and Enduring Powers of Attorney (seventh edition)

A world of opportunity

Transparency and philanthropy made for some lively debate at Jersey Financ';s annual private client event. John van der Luit-Drummond reports

Don't state the obvious

Logos and slogans are both key ways of marketing your firm, but it's important to realise what you have that your competitors are lacking, says...

How many more wills account for nothing?

Solicitors must take heed of the SRA's new will-writing guidance, ?which focuses on professional ethics rather than technique, says ?John van der Luit-Drummond