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Selective private rented property licensing is coming

Landlords in designated areas must ensure they hold a valid PRPL or face serious consequences, warns Brie Stevens-Hoare QC

Relevant conduct

A will that excludes an adult child will continue to be upheld in the courts post Ilott, regardless of how little is left to the beneficiary

The RSPCA: Picking up the pieces

The charity's head of prosecutions, Hayley Firman, talks to John van der Luit-Drummond about a response to the Wooler Review and appropriate sentencing for animal abusers

Change, or become extinct

As private client advisers struggle to successfully marry law firm growth with increasingly demanding customer service levels, Jon Whittle asks if the two are mutually exclusive

Estate administration best practice roundtable: Best of Intentions

When someone leaves a will, how do you know you have the right one? Or that the beneficiaries are who they say they are - that is if you can find them. These were just some of the elements of estates administration best practice that PCA panellists disc

A good fit: merging firms should consider culture compatability

Firms need to consider whether their cultures are compatible when planning a merger, explains Mark Jones

An evolving process

Jim Hassett looks at lessons learned in legal project management, and provides examples of successes and failures

State of play: case summaries

Elizabeth Eyre and Jennifer Ridgway consider case law concerning a patient's right to refuse treatment, the appropriate use of a negligence claim award and access to a vulnerable client