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Under scrutiny

The EU's fourth money laundering directive is inevitable, so advisersand trusts should stay alert, say Rosalyn Breedy and Robert McKellar

The coalface of professional negligence

Questioning your former client's honesty and disputing your own expert medical evidence will not be tolerated, says Robert Godfrey

Trainees: wannabe solicitors or bona fide dogsbodies?

Have you been swept up by an opportunity without considering the calibre of what you are really being offered, asks Pippa Allsop

Don't count on holding on to your rent, landlords

The uncertain status of commercial tenants holding over the end of a lease has become somewhat more predictable following a Court of Appeal ruling, say Daniel Gatty and Caoimhe McKearney

Design ambiguity and a suitcase in point

How much protection do community design rights really provide, asks Stuart Whitwell

It's not easy being green

SJ's John van der Luit-Drummond triest not to get 'smashed' as he interviews one of Twitter's biggest and angriest silks, Barrister Hulk QC

Law schools can't keep up with market changes

Jackie Panter discusses the fall in demand and economic viability of postgraduate courses

Do more than just belong: ensure you participate

Ignoring a request for arbitration on the basis of a jurisdictional issue may prove expensive, says Thierry De Poerck