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Burns from scalding: Accidents waiting to happen

The high water temperatures required to control the spread of Legionella bacteria come at the risk of scalding accidents. Richard Hurst discusses the legislation and manufacturing standards put in place to prevent this

Supreme Court rules on corporate attribution and directors' duties

Decision tightens the net around fraudulent directors and accomplices

A bridge too far?

A deed of variation is a means of redirecting an inheritance so that an oversight can be amended; it is not a tax evasion tool

A ticking time bomb

How can advisers protect their clients' international assets under the spectre of increasing diminished capacity, asks Donna Withers

Realising revenue: Using realisation to determine lawyer compensation

James D. Cotterman considers the challenges of measuring realisation and factoring it into lawyer compensation

Maximising profitability while adhering 'to your firm's core values

By Nick Jarrett-Kerr, Visiting Professor, Nottingham Law School

Corporate lawyers reject calls for 'death penalty' in white collar crimes

Likelihood of being caught is a more significant deterrent than the severity of punishment

Poorly advised investors told to act now

Investors in highly sophisticated schemes may have better grounds to make a claim