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State of play: compensation awards and advance decisions

Lynsey Colman reviews recent cases from the Court of Protection, which look at gifts and refusal of blood treatment on grounds of faith

Book review

Justin Patten reads Cretney & Lush on Lasting and Enduring Powers of Attorney (seventh edition)

A world of opportunity

Transparency and philanthropy made for some lively debate at Jersey Financ';s annual private client event. John van der Luit-Drummond reports

Don't state the obvious

Logos and slogans are both key ways of marketing your firm, but it's important to realise what you have that your competitors are lacking, says Geraint Jones

How many more wills account for nothing?

Solicitors must take heed of the SRA's new will-writing guidance, ?which focuses on professional ethics rather than technique, says ?John van der Luit-Drummond

CGT: a new reason for letting go

Stephen Chater explores capital ?gains tax changes, what's involved ?in setting up an employee ownership trust and considerations a financial adviser would wish to raise with their client

John's blog

Legal Services Board, Inns of Court and justice reform

Book review

Karen Mitchell reads International Guide to Money Laundering Law and Practice (fourth edition)