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Six external trends and issues affecting partner profit sharing

Nick Jarrett-Kerr, Visiting Professor, Nottingham Law School

Wills and probate: state of play

Will Michelmore sums up three recent cases that look at portions of estates, the legal test for gifts and the question of capacity

Decisions, decisions

How does behaviour affect financial planning? And are the odds stacked against us? Steven Hennessy explores the psychology of investment

Right to choose

Vanessa Bailey believes in the liberalisation of legal services and advised on best-value tendering policy, but she has doubts over governments methods of implementation

Letting the compensation culture out of jail

Despite clarifying the law on the imposition on non-party costs orders, Flatman v Germany missed a chance to quell compensatory culture says Kevin Shannon

Last word | Death by spreadsheet

A complicated right-to-buy case tops off a busy end to the financial year for Catherine Burtinshaw

Unleashed | Time to take action

If you dont have an office dog to set you apart from the competition, now's the time to decide what makes you stand out from the crowd, urges Russell Conway

Ministers to consult on QOCS for libel

Peers agree to drop Puttnam arbitration scheme from Defamation Bill