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An alternative to litigation?

Arbitration has slowly marched towards recognition and is now a viable alternative to litigation in family dispute resolution

The mission creep of tax evasion

HMRC's proposed legislation will mean heavier financial and criminal penalties for offshore tax evasion, but beware, says Andrew Watters – this is not evasion as we know it

Revising cost budgets: 'The importance of being prompt

David Wright discusses a recent case on the extent of the court's power to approve incurred and future costs and the lessons practitioners can learn from it

Lawyers urged to be 'cuter' on social media to reap rewards for firms

Regional firms place effective marketing strategies under the microscope

Veterans on closer footing to civilians when it comes 'to asbestos pay-outs

Adrian Budgen discusses the legal reasoning - and outright injustice - behind the disparity between compensation offered by the government to civilians and former troops

A new year, a new non-resident capital gains tax

Samantha Mason advises conveyancing solicitors on the rules governing ?the tax on gains arising from the sale of UK property

Read all about it: 'Incompetent reports on the CoP

The mainstream media has failed to grapple with basic facets of the court, such as capacity, the definition of 'vulnerable', and right to die, writes Barbara Rich

From £4.8m to £9.2m: 'Doubling the value of a land sale

Bamboozled by developers' jargon, landowners are risking accepting lower prices when selling a land asset, writes Gary Freeman