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Sustainable development and the NPPF

Adrienne Copithorne considers how a development can be judged to be 'sustainable' within the complex context of the planning system

All aboard the new insolvency express

Stephen Allinson reflects on the new fee regime and the operation of the Pre-Pack Pool

The agile workplace

How do you make the case for the agile workplace, especially in the face of the naysayers who will maintain that it's about little more...

Key private client tax changes in the March 2016 Budget

John Bunker and Anthony Nixon take a closer look at major changes to SDLT, lifetime ISA allowances, and CGT rates

Debunking the 'benefits tourism' myth

Recent cases have shown increasingly definite insistence by the CJEU that claims for social security benefits can be rejected if appropriate, writes Paul Stanley QC

The debate on incurred costs continues

Do practitioners now need to prepare for a mini assessment of costs at the case management conference stage, wonders David Cooper

What to expect from your accountant this year

In light of the amendments to the Accounts Rules, Samantha Mason reviews the steps accountants will take to assess firms' risk levels and test compliance

A City response to the SQE proposal

Ruth Grant and Viola Joseph 'fear that part one of the SQE will not test to a high enough standard'