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Catherine McAleavey on appointing replacement executors and joint accounts, with Catherine Sanders on possession and retiring trustees

Is legal recruitment a form of Russian roulette? Geoff Wild explains how to find the best staff

Litigants should be able to claim their own preparation costs, argues James Ross

Adrian Oliver considers the conflicting approach of the Law Lords when a litigant faces the prospect of being denied access to the court system

Christopher Baker considers the new model code of conduct for members, bias and pre-determination, and negligence liability and human rights

Finally the House of Lords has addressed the question of the calculation of compensation for terminating an agency agreement, says Stephen Sidkin

Francis FitzGibbon explains that the IPP regime may have the opposite effect to what was intended

Entire agreements clauses will only be effective if the wording is sufficiently clear and wide in scope, say Eamonn Mcnamara and Michael Twomey

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