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Do we need barristers' chambers anymore?

In the wake of the criminal legal aid deal between barristers and the justice secretary, Adam Makepeace asks whether it's time for solicitors to employ...

Tax planning for heritage assets: portrait of Omai

Is artwork 'plant and machinery'? ?Ann Stanyer considers the tax tussle over the portrait of Omai

60-second interview: Teresa Cullen

Fladgat';s new family specialist, Teresa Cullen, says clients are focused on what the Law Commission's matrimonial report means for them

All aboard

Business development is critically important, so how are you going to create a positive culture and get everyone involved, asks Geraint Jones

CBA caught between 'rock and hard place', Lithman insists

Grayling will take 'deal off table' if criminal legal aid barristers vote no

There are two sets of eyes on charities' investments

Following the Harries case from 20 years ago, the public also have an expectation on what trustees should and shouldn't be spending their money on,...

Practitioners overlook arbitration when resolving patent infringement

Recognised arbitral bodies are responsible for promoting the multitude of advantages arbitration employs as a preferred choice for patent disputes, says Clive D Thorne

Treasury approves £75m annual investment in courts

'One-off package' to run for five years and deliver £100m savings a year by 2019