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Are we ready for new routes into the profession?

 

Passage to Italian real estate

Most experts believe that now is the ?time for real estate investors to either enter or return to the Italian market.  

Tying loose ends

How does a deputy deal with the avalanche of practical difficulties that arise when their donor moves into care?

TLW seeks huge pay-out for collapsed SMEs

Newcastle-based law firm wants small businesses to be compensated for mis-sold hedging products

Meeting the UK's diverse legal needs is becoming tougher for lawyers

The legal sector has been told it needs to fill the advice gap, but lawyers are not superheroes, writes John van der Luit-Drummond

Barristers' earnings hit £1.5bn

The total earnings of barristers have risen to £1.5bn in the last recorded year, up 5 per cent on the year before, and 11 per cent two years before. Independent finance provider LDF says that, based on HMRC tax returns data, barristers' average yearly income is now £118,000 in 2012/13 (latest data available) having dropped to £108,000 in 2011/12.

Is the MoJ robbing from the rich?

Proposals to tax law firms will not plug the gap in the justice system, says Kevin Poulter

A new coin of dilemma

Attorneys and executors must be wise to the limits of their powers when handling the digital assets of their donors