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Update | Estate planning: changes to inheritance tax for non-UK domiciled spouses

Susi Dunn considers when a declaration of trust can be set aside, where the presumption of due execution of a will is rebutted, and changes to inheritance tax for non-UK domiciled spouses

Regulatory watch | No more aggressive prosecutions

Innocent partners could ?see their careers blighted under the strict liability enforcement of outcomes-focused regulation, ?worries Susanna Heley

In-house lawyers reject Law Society's new division

Commerce & Industry Group joins sole practitioners in choosing independence over Chancery Lane control

LASPO countdown | Shifting the costs burden in clinical negligence cases is unjustified

Clinical negligence claims are too complex to be processed like ordinary personal injury claims under the new costs regime, says Trevor Ward

Pushing the limits of legal advice privilege

While the Supreme Court's decision in Prudential may have been expected, Ross Risby and Mark Healing argue that the case is not without merit

Felix | Even alleged rapists must be treated justly

Unlike other violent offences, rape does not allow for shades of seriousness, and this affects our ability to deal with it, says Felix

The inevitable family legal aid exodus

With so much pressure on family legal aid, it's no wonder lawyers are about to leave the sector in droves, says Christina Blacklaws

Overcoming objections to the admissibility of lie-detection evidence

Mechanical lie-detection evidence, like other science-based evidence such as DNA, should be admissible in court provided it is subjected to robust cross-examination, says Richard Easton