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Update | Wealth management: IHT exemption, vulnerable persons trusts

Ann Stanyer reviews the draft guidance on a new statutory residence test, the increase in the IHT exemption, and new rules allowing disabled people to qualify as beneficiaries of vulnerable persons trusts

Five ways to ensure your firm's professional services are 'high art'

By Nick Jarrett-Kerr, Visiting Professor, Nottingham Law School

Practical magic: Experiential learning for lawyers

Phillip Westermeyer explains why Baker & McKenzie has been investing ?in experiential learning for its lawyers

Organising chaos: Creating electronic matter files

Jan Durant shares how she created user-friendly electronic matter files ?at Lewis Silkin

A phoenix rising from the shale gases

Blood is thicker than water

Acting in the client's best interest is one challenge for professional deputies; dealing with their family can be another

SRA reveals plans for Compensation Fund review

'Landscaping' phase has already started

Family lawyers praise High Court for jailing husband

Scot Young imprisoned for contempt after failing to disclose finances