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Motorcycle update: apportioning liability

As attitude to speeding changes, recent cases on apportionment of liability in 'motorcycle accidents have started veering against claimants, says Stephanie Cope

Wealth management update: taxation of non-residents

David Bird reviews new rules on the taxation of business owners, 'non-resident individuals, and the introduction of a general ‘anti abuse' rule, 'which he says is likely to have a wide-ranging impact

Family business | Divorce by gimmick

Instead of developing a ‘divorce by app' scheme the government should consider allowing ‘no-win, no-fee' 'in family cases, says 'Marilyn Stowe

Tales from practice | We call them chaps

New requirements imposed by Whitehall bureaucrats in ?the name of the nation's safety will suck the blood out of ?local life in villages across Britain, says Richard Barr

Is it career suicide to take on the COLP/COFA role?

By Robert Bourns, Senior Partner, TLT

ABS countdown | Accountancy, masters of MDPs

ICAEW's intention to become a regulator for will-writing, probate and estate administration shows accountants are ahead of solicitors in the race to control the high street, says Stuart Bushell

Fine-tune your thinking to become more successful at sales

By Bryan McCrae, Sales Psychologist, Sales Motivations

Road traffic accidents down, personal injury claims up?

The cash-for-crash brigade are cheapening the whole of the profession and making the country a lesser place, says Danielle Holliday