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New 'failure to prevent' offences in corruption crackdown

Lawyers react to government plans on extending scope of economic crimes

State of play: case summaries

Elizabeth Eyre and Jennifer Ridgway examine recent cases involving the amendment of a will post-death, a deceased's domicile and the living arrangements of a vulnerable individual

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