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Time to engage

Local authorities will play a key role in ?long-term care, ?but the elderly must liaise with them to start the financial clock, says Tish Hanifan

China in your hand

Mainland Chinese clients are becoming more international and an important group for private wealth advisers, but there are cultural sensitivities to consider, says Marcus Leese

Legislative clauses in the Public Service Pensions Bill: the Henry VIII legacy

Legislative clauses in the Public Service Pensions Bill are unconstitutional and could 'lead to human rights claims, argue Alex Fox and Jonathan Waters

Rights to light revisited

Before rushing to abolish rights to light, we should consider 'the position of homeowners, warns Sarah Dwight

Lost in translation: lifting the corporate veil in divorce

The division of family and commercial judges will not 'alone dictate the lifting of the corporate veil in divorce, 'says Tom Bailey, but hard facts make bad law

Regulatory watch | The SRA is treading a fine line

The SRA's recent revelation that it has already ?exceeded its annual intervention budget doesn't surprise ?Susanna Heley. And there are tougher times to come

Life in crime | Degrees of separation

David Rhodes reports on a recent case where 'a judge's ‘uninvited indication' of the likely sentence amounted to pressure on a defendant

Felix | Blowing the whistle

If only you could appeal all of life's little injustices, says Felix