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Short-termism poses biggest threat to clients' long-term wellbeing

Professional deputies urged to use courts to achieve best outcome by senior judge

Passmore: The Law Society should focus on its members, not regulation

Chancery Lane setting professional standards is 'not better regulation', says SRA director

LOD launches Airbnb style online market for lawyers

Spoke further opens up the flexible legal marketplace as New Law smells money

All good things

Nothing lasts forever, but this does mean that they must be forgotten

The freedom to make a mess

One year on from the government's overhaul of the pension industry, Binyamin Ali considers what the lasting legacy of the freedoms will be

Tandem taxes

Julie Butler outlines the importance of marrying a capital gains tax strategy with inheritance tax planning

Risky business

Industry experts at the investment risk management for vulnerable clients roundtable discuss who is ultimately responsible for selecting a suitable investment portfolio, whether deputies should be required to have financial qualifications, and is a kite

Dance, puppets

As a new tax year gets under way, Robert Maas considers what tax-planning strategies need to be updated and what needs to be scrapped completely