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Update: tax and trusts

David Bird explains the new system of tax appeals, and looks at recent cases on trusts, inheritance tax and capital gains tax and a new...

Sunshine and showers

I work in an arena where mistakes are not acceptable. As a professional indemnity lawyer, my day job involves dealing with complaints and claims against...

Smokers cannot claim 'human right' to smoke, Court of Appeal decides

Smokers claiming they have a 'human right' to use tobacco have been dealt a blow by the Court of Appeal.

Avoid like the plague

Russell Conway considers how the legal profession will cope as swine flu takes hold

New deal

The SRA's new powers should enable it to deal with cases more efficiently and fairly, but is it a better deal for the regulated, asks...

Plugging the gap

As legal aid turns 60, Jon Robins explores possible solutions to the system's failures

Read between the lines

The European Court of Justice decision that computer processes which read and make temporary copies of published work should be regarded as breaching copyright is...

Update: wills and probate

Helen Bryant considers cases involving claims by extended family members under the Inheritance Act, proving secret trusts, propriety estoppel and inheritance tax