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Update: Taxation

Richard Bunker discusses the so-called offshore disclosure “amnesty”, private equity groups, the Finance Bill 2007 and other developments

It's not all fair in love and war

The House of Lords in Hello! v OK! has stretched the rules on breach of confidence to an extent yet to be assessed, say Dan Tench and Ashley Hurst

Changing a guilty plea

Revitt v DPP confirms that a guilty plea is an appropriate process in English law and that the ECHR in no way affects this, says Anthony Ostrin

An independent personal service provision

A number of recent changes to the searches' market mean that it is set to become much more competitive and conveyancers will be able to make use of better personal search products, explains Janet Baker

The politics of HIPs

HIPs may be green but are they also Brown? Nigel Ewert Evans explains the importance of the new prime minister to the future of HIPs

Border trouble

Giving prior agreements supremacy would avoid competing claims being litigated in different EU jurisdictions, says Ian Gascoigne

Civil litigation brief

Gordon Exall considers the law relating to unless” orders in civil proceedings

Update: libel and privacy

Rod Dadak reviews the latest case on libel and responsible journalism, internet defamation, privacy, reputation and freedom of expression