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Update | Crime: criminal cartel offence, the Victims' Right to Review, tax evasion and new caution guidance

Miranda Ching examines changes to the criminal cartel offence, the Victim's Right to Review, HMRC's exposal of tax evasion and new guidance on the issuing of cautions

Update | Estate planning: rejecting the 'golden rule' would have disastrous consequences

Rejecting the 'golden rule' would have disastrous consequences, say Charlotte Ford and Alexander Learmonth as they review recent cases on testamentary capacity in the aftermath of Hawes v Burgess

Through the looking glass: is Google's latest development right for law firms?

Lawyers will take a deep breath before deciding whether to use Google Glass, says Damian Blackburn, but this technology has both obvious and hidden benefits

Bigger picture

Ther';s much more to building portfolios than deciding where to invest, but you can keep things simple using a three-tiered structure, says Scott Gallacher

Without warning

Was HMRC right to pull the rug from under the feet of clients ?in its U-turn on specialty debts and inheritance tax planning? Fay Copeland asks

Law Society makes peace with Christian Concern over banned conference

'Full debate' on same sex marriage promised at Chancery Lane

By the way | Eking out the holiday glow

Catherine Burtinshaw spends two weeks under the Sicilian sun 'and finds returning to work a surprisingly pleasant experience

Unleashed | The right to choose is sacred

A client's right to choose who represents them is an essential tenet of legal practice, says Russell Conway. In destroying that, the government is destroying part of the profession