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Lend a hand

Do not underestimate the importance of complying with mortgage lenders' requirements, warns Richard Twyford as he explains how you can meet their standards

Direct delivery

The VAT exemption for cost sharing groups will improve the delivery of services by not-for-profit organisations, says Shivaji Shiva, but there are still obstacles and concerns to tackle

The Energy Act

How will the government's 'green deal' affect conveyancers and their clients? John Coulter reports

No damage done

Abolishing experts' immunity won't change anything, argues Seamus Smyth

Estate planning update

Susi Dunn reviews inheritance tax, testamentary capacity, changes to the forfeiture rules and the Law Commission's proposals for reform to intestacy and family provision claims

Solicitor advocates, unite

At times Lord Judge sounded more like an amateur dramatic society tutor sharing a few tricks with wannabe stage stars.

Agriculture update

Simon Blackburn considers the Wine Regulations 2011, the importance of keeping tenancy documents up to date and registering 'lost' rights of way

Not just a plate of limp lettuce

It was just the kind of news I like to read: exercise is bad for you. One of my perennial new year's resolutions is 'to do less gardening' and each year I have stuck to that resolution unflinchingly, however tempting it is to break it.