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Estate planning update

2014 promises to be a mixed bag for estate planning practitioners, with enthusiasm over the Inheritance and Trustees' Powers Bill tempered by familiar frustrations with HMRC, say Helen Bryant and Richard McDermott

Who dares wins

Investors still face a considerable triple challenge but there are opportunities to generate returns in 2014, says Mike Anderson

Forward plan to avoid playing the villain in the 'end-of-CPD-year' pantomime

By Sue Beavil, Senior Training & Development Manager, Mayer Brown

Survive or thrive? Growing profits in Scotland during the recession

Martin Darroch reveals how his Scottish commercial law firm increased profits by 70 per cent since the global economic crisis began

Most people want to do a great job

By Beverly Landais, Director of Marketing and Business Development, Saunderson House

Only 12 barristers register for QASA

Judicial review defeat fails to make impact as registration period extended

Foreign policy

All clients with assets overseas must fully understand applicable forced heirship laws, and for those who lack capacity, it's an added concern, says Matthew Evans

Harmony and analytics: Reshape your law firm with big data analytics

Eric Hunter discusses how predictive analytics can enable law firms ?to run more efficiently and in sync with client processes