Jean-Yves Gilg

Editor, Solicitors Journal

Helping clients secure capital gains tax exemption on their main residence

Don't take it for granted that your clients will get CGT exemption on their principal private residence, especially where 'permanence' may not be obvious, J

Getting to grips with provisional assessment of bills of cost

District Judge Marshall Phillips

The law 'is not a value-free zone'

Legal system has 'turned 180 degrees' in last 50 years, Mr Justice Singh says

Combining a general brand and specialisms

Local firms will succeed by building expertise across a range of areas competing effectively with niche firms as well as 'bigger practices, says Nick Dougan

Balancing act

Will clients' families be discouraged from addressing testamentary arrangements by the possibility of having to provide an absent relative with all the details of their financial circumstances? Brian Bacon hopes not

Nature and culture: embedding compliance across the whole of your firm

Lawyers may feel more comfortable with rules and processes, but when it comes to compliance, it's a matter of culture, and getting it right matters now more than ever, says Alison Matthews as she reviews the steps a diligent managing partner would take

Staffordshire firm Hacking Ashton is first ABS to fail

First intervention into an ABS as SRA closes another Midlands practice

The right way forward

We must protect the elderly and not let them get dragged into policies and procedures that are needless and costly, says Bryony Cove

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