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11 Nov 2015

Collateral damage

Chris Moorcroft looks at how changes to the treatment of non-doms' inheritance tax, ownership of residential property and the remittance basis will affect prospective and current non-doms

11 Nov 2015

Augusta Ventures funds ten professional negligence claims against solicitors

Analysis of claims reveals individuals just as likely to seek funding as businesses

11 Nov 2015

Market competition causes law firms to rethink strategy

Firms need a 'clear differentiator' to meet demands of evolving legal sector, says expert

11 Nov 2015

Minimum trainee salary to improve diversity in solicitor profession

The Law Society believes trainee remuneration rates should be based on living wage and average yearly LPC repayment

11 Nov 2015

CILEx: Legal professional privilege under threat from draft 'Snooper's Charter'

Communications between a lawyer and their client should have full protection

10 Nov 2015

Matching legal service providers and consumers

Matthew Briggs considers what the legal sector can learn from black cabs, holiday homes, and online dating services 

10 Nov 2015

How do Ilott and King affect the current law?

Richard McDermott and Adam Carvalho consider the fallout from two significant recent cases and review the law on challenges to wills and 'deathbed gifts'

10 Nov 2015

Change in the 'private rented sector

New legislation is a welcome attempt to deal with problems that have been affecting the private rented sector for years, but does it go far enough, asks Tessa Shepperson