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Estate planning update

Helen Bryant welcomes HMRC's new 'inheritance tax toolkit', and looks at the execution and rectification of wills, costs in probate disputes and whether solicitors have...

Let's put the ABSolutely into fabulous

None of the law abiding and kind readers of this article would ever own up to doing such a thing. My defence is that my...

Going it alone

From a converted cobbler's shop in Leeds to opening a third office in central London, Marilyn Stowe's practice has come a long way in 30...

Lady Hale lays down new rules for cohabitation disputes

New five-point test asks courts to look for evidence of intention or 'fair share'

LeO's naming and shaming a 'witch hunt', Sutton says

Solicitors and firms in ombudsman decisions will be named next year

In-Deed to move in on medium-sized law firms

Rightmove founder has 'no interest in buying small businesses'

SRA unveils international 'passport to practice'

The SRA is proposing to sweep away the old system of registering foreign offices of City-based global firms and bring in a single 'international passport...

Warning signs

Are budget-driven cuts in care funding made by local authorities tantamount to institutional financial abuse? Lawrence Tudin reports