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Gifts with strings - a taxing problem

Gifting away your assets is one of the more straightforward ways to reduce IHT exposure but nothing can protect you from beneficiaries who turn their backs on you

Urgent review of Criminal Courts Charge needed, says Howard League

Frances Crook: 'It is the poor who will find themselves entrenched in their poverty by these criminal charges'

Performance appraisals – more pain than gain?

By Jill King, Former Global HR Director, Linklaters

Rogue claims management company hit with first fine by regulator

Official figures show claims industry is contracting as new regulatory powers begin to bite

Be wary the dangers of outsourcing

As the upheavals and the entry of new competitors into the legal industry continue apace, the benefits and consequences of outsourcing client work continue to require great awareness

Associate Announcement: Worldwide working - DPS Sri Lanka is live

By DPS

The death of testamentary freedom?

You will not always have the final say on who inherits your estate. Certain categories of family members may now be able to successfully challenge your will if you exclude them

Judge finds gambler with £2m debt 'was the author of his own misfortunes'

Property tycoon to pay gambling debt to London's Ritz casino