Financial Services & Tax

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Home sweet home

The beleaguered UK care industry is in desperate need of relief, but will the government give a warm welcome to proposals for reform? Natalie Boorer reports

From bad to worse

Serious case reviews have proved inadequate at protecting children from abuse, says Finola Moss as she argues for responsibility to be handed back to professional social workers

Pearls of wisdom

It is time the government acted on recommendations to reform insurance law, says Peter Tyldesley

The gloves are off

The only winner in the Hastings-Bass U-turn will be the tax man, argues Ruth Hughes

Bad influence

Increasing control over expert evidence in criminal trials will make justice more costly and less accessible, argues Finola Moss

'No moderating influence' on claimant med neg lawyers, MPs are told

There is “no moderating influence” on the work of claimant medical negligence lawyers, the House of Commons health select committee was told this morning.

Divided we fall

Proprietary estoppel is still a valid concept that lies in wait to trip up the unwitting private client practitioner, warns Penny Wright

Workshop: private client

Eleanor Johnson-Cadwell offers a workshop on income tax savings for discretionary trusts