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Don't state the obvious

Logos and slogans are both key ways of marketing your firm, but it's important to realise what you have that your competitors are lacking, says Geraint Jones

How many more wills account for nothing?

Solicitors must take heed of the SRA's new will-writing guidance, ?which focuses on professional ethics rather than technique, says ?John van der Luit-Drummond

CGT: a new reason for letting go

Stephen Chater explores capital ?gains tax changes, what's involved ?in setting up an employee ownership trust and considerations a financial adviser would wish to raise with their client

Guidance is not enough

Even though banks have instructions for dealing with powers of attorney, clients still need support and back-up from their advisers, says Sofia Tayton

Tax avoidance schemes and claims against solicitors

Solicitors should think carefully before risking their claims record by becoming involved in aggressive tax schemes, say Julian Miller and Tom Pangbourne

An end to pensions?

Tax planning demonstrates the synergy between legal and financial work, says Ian Muirhead

Fighting the war on costs

John Bramhall wonders whether, post-Jackson, and Mitchell, the litigation world has changed for the better

Transactions under the whip: dominating proceedings

Roger Isaacs discusses a recent case that involved an unusual twist on the concept of duress