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Welsh soft opt-out organ donation from December 2015

Devolved powers hope the legislation will increase organ availability, but it didn't work for Sweden, discusses Adrian Mason

Why aren't firms becoming ABSs?

Increased confidence in the market and burdensome compliance requirements are just some reasons why firms are not heading down the ABS route, explains Jennifer Williamson

Revenge porn offences will be pursued

According to recent reports, in the six months prior to April 2015, 14 police forces dealt with 139 cases of revenge porn, compared with 149 incidents recorded by eight police forces between January 2012 and June 2014, writes Caroline Dunne

Chaos theory

Warning: This article contains spoilers!

SRA warns legal aid lawyers again over professional obligations

Regulator recognises the 'difficult commercial dispute' between practitioners and government

Gifts with strings - a taxing problem

Gifting away your assets is one of the more straightforward ways to reduce IHT exposure but nothing can protect you from beneficiaries who turn their backs on you

Urgent review of Criminal Courts Charge needed, says Howard League

Frances Crook: 'It is the poor who will find themselves entrenched in their poverty by these criminal charges'

Performance appraisals – more pain than gain?

By Jill King, Former Global HR Director, Linklaters