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Reaping the returns of risk management

The professional indemnity season may seem comfortably distant, but now is the time to start evaluating your firm's risk profile and bring down its premium, writes Chris Marston

Sustainable development and the NPPF

Adrienne Copithorne considers how a development can be judged to be 'sustainable' within the complex context of the planning system

All aboard the new insolvency express

Stephen Allinson reflects on the new fee regime and the operation of the Pre-Pack Pool

Key private client tax changes in the March 2016 Budget

John Bunker and Anthony Nixon take a closer look at major changes to SDLT, lifetime ISA allowances, and CGT rates

Debunking the 'benefits tourism' myth

Recent cases have shown increasingly definite insistence by the CJEU that claims for social security benefits can be rejected if appropriate, writes Paul Stanley QC

The debate on incurred costs continues

Do practitioners now need to prepare for a mini assessment of costs at the case management conference stage, wonders David Cooper

What to expect from your accountant this year

In light of the amendments to the Accounts Rules, Samantha Mason reviews the steps accountants will take to assess firms' risk levels and test compliance

The junior doctors' lawyer: Saimo Chahal QC

The Bindmans partner talks to John van der Luit-Drummond about limitations in the BMA's judicial review, new incentives to fund cases, and why right-to-die is such a hot potato