Legal Practice Notes & Tips for Solicitors

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Children proceedings: speeding up disclosure of police records

The 2013 protocol can be a useful tool in private Children Act cases where you need to obtain police records, as Mariko Wilson explains

Charitable trust corporations as deputies

Matthew Duncan explains what a charity-run trust corporation must produce to satisfy the court it is a fit and proper person for a deputyship

Digital tension with the law

Tom Pritchard asks whether it's time for digital witnesses following the Law Commission report on electronic execution

Striking the balance: requests for information versus confidentiality

It's crucial to strike the right balance between complying with the law and not breaching your duty of confidentiality when a client is under police investigation, says Helen Simm

Walking the line

It's not just the profession who must 'walk the lin'; when it comes to regulatory investigations, insurance and ethics – the SRA must too, says Gideon Habel

A matter of intention.

Mark Reading analyses the first application of the Franses conditional intention test for landlords in the context of telecommunications

The blame game: how a lack of representation harms victims of violent crime

Emily McFadden explains what lies behind poor decision-making on the part of the CICA and the challenges facing solicitors

PPI and deceased estates: the next chapter

Claims management companies could target executors and administrators who have not investigated PPI claims on behalf of deceased clients post-29 August, warns Matthew Duncan