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The route to effective cost budgeting is fraught with dangers

The layers of potential costs involved are piling up, says Simon Gibbs

Brands of time: keeping up with protection rights

Solicitors are often more concerned baout the mechanics of implementation than actual IP rights, which can be fatal when it comes to enforcement, warns Tristan Sherliker

Lawyers' technical competency levels could demand any number of formal assessments

The UK is likely to follow the US example of minimum levels of technical competency for prospective legal suppliers, and certification could even be an SRA requirement, says Damian Blackburn

Tax planning for heritage assets: portrait of Omai

Is artwork 'plant and machinery'? ?Ann Stanyer considers the tax tussle over the portrait of Omai

60-second interview: Teresa Cullen

Fladgat';s new family specialist, Teresa Cullen, says clients are focused on what the Law Commission's matrimonial report means for them

All aboard

Business development is critically important, so how are you going to create a positive culture and get everyone involved, asks Geraint Jones

Practitioners overlook arbitration when resolving patent infringement

Recognised arbitral bodies are responsible for promoting the multitude of advantages arbitration employs as a preferred choice for patent disputes, says Clive D Thorne

Deprivation of liberty after Cheshire West

We now have greater clarity as to what deprivation of liberty is, but at what cost, asks Ben Troke