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Sharpening value and standing out

In a post-RDR world, wealth managers must define their role and actively market what they do best to the right client. ?What should they do to survive? Jennifer Palmer-Violet reports

No guarantees

Gita Chakravarty asks if a bank's refusal to provide a 'loan facility without a personal guarantee amounts to 'illegitimate commercial pressure

ABS diary | Optimism in a post-Jackson climate

Russell Jinks is somehow optimistic that the Jackson reforms could be a genuine business opportunity for 'small local firms

Drawing lines in the farmland

Landlords and tenants come to blows, farms diversify and ownership changes. Setting boundaries in rental agreements will help during the fallout, says Jonathon Dixon

Weightmans claims first post-Jackson relief from sanctions victory

Ruling a 'stark reminder' to practitioners of a 'much-altered litigation landscape'

Tribunal roulette: new rules on fees for employment tribunals are just a money spinner

The new rules on fees for employment tribunals expected ?to come into force at the end of July are just a money ?spinner, says Philip Henson

Property information forms will make 'transactions more straightforward

New conveyancing forms will make the buying process easier and pre-empt spurious or unnecessary additional enquiries, says Jonathan Smithers

Business tenancies and the Equality Act

Simon Butler and William East consider the scope of ?public duty in respect to commercial property acquired by local authorities and the duty they owe to minorities