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Budget 2020 – a relief for entrepreneurs?

Matthew Duncan considers the changes announced to entrepreneurs' relief and suggests a targeted approach to help start-ups

Crown copyright

Denzil Lush recalls a nifty trick for catching out fraudulent applications for powers of attorney 

Retroactive human rights law

Matthew Duncan explains why a 60-year-old settlement is subject to the Human Rights Act

Charitable legacies to plunge

Legacy income for charities could fall by more than a quarter this year because of the pandemic, forecasters suggest

SRA consults on immigration services

What will 2020 mean for charitable bequests?

Rob Cope explains why charities and the legal profession need to co-operate to ensure legislation evolves in a way that protects legacy giving

The great wealth shift

The great wealth transfer will offer significant opportunities for lawyers, as Pippa Allsop explains

The living and the death: the rise of proprietary estoppel cases

The equitable doctrine of proprietary estoppel is thriving and increasingly relied on by claimants before a promisor's death, as Matthew Duncan explains