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Update | Wealth management

Ann Stanyer reviews recent Court of Protection cases on investment duties and on gifts from a patient's estate, as well as new rules in the Budget on IHT deductibility and specialty debts, and the tax status of holiday lets

Experts | The future for experts in low-value RTA claims

What do government changes mean for experts instructed in low-value claims, ask Richard West and Deborah Newberry

Update | Licensing

Roy Light discusses the requirement to advertise licensing applications, sexual entertainment venues, test purchases, ?and taxi licensing

New Property Chamber begins work

Seven sets of rules covering wide range of disputes combined into one

Grayling abandons attempt to remove choice of solicitor

Justice secretary backs 'market consolidation' after talks with Law Society

Desperate firms turn to 'non-mainstream' lenders

Financial difficulty 'the most significant current risk', SRA says

Surviving the new season

Following our report on the impact of RDR on wealth management, Jennifer Palmer-Violet asks Martyn Laverick for the marketing director's view

Common sense prevails

HMRC's climbdown on QROPS highlights how mainstream the schemes have become in recent years, says Nigel Green