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Reap what you sow: agricultural diversification

Agricultural diversification can make a farm work harder, but ?advisers need to ensure they do not get tangled up in thorny tax ?issues, says Anne...

Council sets aside £757m for equal pay claims

Figure for 2011/12 is up by 250m

Can I have some new clients, please? No, you don't need them. Nick Jervis considers the art of seduction for lawyers

Update | Insolvency: Bankruptcy tourism

Denise Fawcett explains how the UK's more lenient ?bankruptcy legislation has encouraged debtors from ?other jurisdictions into the country

Update | Estate planning: multiple wills in different jurisdictions

Susi Dunn tackles the pitfalls of interpreting multiple wills in 'separate jurisdictions and judicial encouragement of trustees

Editor's blog | Porous Systems

Law firms are at risk of developing tunnel vision if they don't refocus their attention on what matters

Tales from practice | Snakes and property ladders

Richard Barr wonders whether solicitors have missed a trick when it comes to conveyancing

Protecting your firm from money laundering fraud

With property fraud on the rise, conveyancing lawyers need to be ever more alert to spotting the first signs of criminal activity, says Mangala Murali