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A time of change

Measures introduced by the Summer Budget and significant case law ?on wills and deputyships mean autumn will be a busy season for ?wealth management practitioners, writes Victoria Mahon de Palacios

Four ways to improve your seminars

As information becomes more widely available and lawyers more stretched for time, Douglas McPherson advises firms on encouraging seminar attendance

The benefits of hindsight

In light of Canada Square Operations Ltd, claimant solicitors must pay attention to the details in negligence claims, or risk missing limitation deadlines, advises Eleanor Kilner

Litigation 'lite': Shorter and flexible trial schemes

Whiston Bristow and Giles Hutt dissect the latest initiative to enter the High Court, which hopes to stem lengthy commercial disputes

The Minority Report for the business world

Employers wanting to establish a new form of employee monitoring should make sure ?it is data protection compliant first, says Raoul Parekh

Junior Lawyers Division FAQ hopes to raise awareness of equivalent means provision

Surprise over the small number of applications for equivalent means qualification leads junior membership body to release handy guide on route

City firms in power struggle with clients

Third-party 'shadow clients' dictate when firms can act in financial services litigation

Is either legal aid or the NHS less important?

Access to justice is undeniably less immediate in its nature than a medical emergency, but the long-term repercussions for people are not incomparable, says Pippa Allsop