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What pilots and surgeons can teach us about managing high-pressure situations

By Ian Jeffery, Managing Partner, Lewis Silkin

Reap what you sow: agricultural diversification

Agricultural diversification can make a farm work harder, but ?advisers need to ensure they do not get tangled up in thorny tax ?issues, says Anne Elliott

Council sets aside £757m for equal pay claims

Figure for 2011/12 is up by 250m

Can I have some new clients, please? No, you don't need them. Nick Jervis considers the art of seduction for lawyers

Update | Insolvency: Bankruptcy tourism

Denise Fawcett explains how the UK's more lenient ?bankruptcy legislation has encouraged debtors from ?other jurisdictions into the country

Update | Estate planning: multiple wills in different jurisdictions

Susi Dunn tackles the pitfalls of interpreting multiple wills in 'separate jurisdictions and judicial encouragement of trustees

Editor's blog | Porous Systems

Law firms are at risk of developing tunnel vision if they don't refocus their attention on what matters

Tales from practice | Snakes and property ladders

Richard Barr wonders whether solicitors have missed a trick when it comes to conveyancing