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6 Jul 2015

SJ Expert Witness Supplement

An update on the role of expert witnesses in the law

3 Jul 2015

The changing face of risk for law firms

Richard Brown, Martin Ellis, and Colin Taylor advise firms on managing risk and engaging the right broker to assist in obtaining PI insurance

3 Jul 2015

Standing proud

It is reassuring to know the Bar will, even without a clear mandate, stand shoulder to shoulder alongside their solicitor colleagues

3 Jul 2015

Early inheritance

More and more people are choosing to make lifetime gifts to their families and loved ones, but have the gifts been fully thought through?

3 Jul 2015

Changes to confiscation law: part two

David Winch discusses amendments to confiscation law made by recent legislation, including changes to restraint orders and the new power to make compliance orders

3 Jul 2015

Contending probate

You might think that contesting the validity of a 'homemade' will which overrides a previous will and leaves the entire estate to a new and unknown beneficiary would be successful - you would be wrong

3 Jul 2015

Will its constitution cause Greece to call off the referendum?

Dimitrios Giannoulopoulos on whether the decision to pull out of the Euro is legal

3 Jul 2015

Same rules apply

The test for mental capacity for making a lifetime transaction can be just as high as that required for when drafting a will, warns Margaret Windram