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Partners should be protected by whistleblowing legislation

Partners in law firms are no longer business owners in the old-fashioned partnership sense, ?so why not fully protect them against discrimination, asks Paul Daniels

Scope of SDLT charity relief too narrow

A tribunal decision on the scope of SDLT charity relief ?could undermine the potential of joint equity schemes, ?says John Deech

Equity rules can help foreign law understanding

The development of equity rules is a useful comparison to fathom the principles behind foreign laws the English courts are increasingly called on to consider, says Graham Huntley

Workshop: Property: Reviewing service charge clauses

Making sure your clients understand the scope of the service charge clauses ?is an essential part of the conveyancing process, says John Coulter

Update | Company: Funding for lending, Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme

Debbie King reports on 'the government's new funding initiatives for 'small to medium-sized enterprises

Update | Personal injury: Damages uplift, novel situations, fatal accidents

Vijay Ganapathy considers the further effect of the Jackson reforms following the ?second appeal ruling in Simmons v Castle, liability for criminal acts, and some of ?the anomalies in the Fatal Accidents Act

Bar joins Law Society in assault on QASA

Scheme should not simply provide 'low minimum standard of competence'

Gay couple win parental orders in surrogacy ruling

High Court rules that Indian mother of twin boys 'cannot be found'