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Peaking interest
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Peaking interest

Stuart Bushell continues our month-by-month countdown to ABS D-Day. This time - is raiding the client account really going to save legal aid?
Speak easy
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Speak easy

What part of the crowd actually qualifies as a DJ's audience? Paul Mildred investigates
Show me the money
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Show me the money

Tim Polli investigates what the last recession can teach us about tackling a boom in lender's litigation
Taxing times
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Taxing times

Anthony Nixon offers a step-by-step guide to the inheritance tax pickle caused by the 2006 reshuffle
Update: children
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Update: children

Noel Arnold considers the latest rulings on adoption, hair testing and contact disputes
Update: housing
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Update: housing

Victoria Pogge von Strandmann rounds up the year's key cases affecting the accommodation of children
Ministry of misfits
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Ministry of misfits

Community service and servicing the community – what's the difference? Jeannie Mackie colour codes the Big Society
31 not out
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31 not out

It's curious how the weather can sometimes mimic events in your life. You get some good news and the sun comes out, maybe. Or, in my case, the snow begins to fall and daily activities are brought to a standstill. Last week I officially retired from the Junior Lawyers Division of the Law Society (JLD). So, wrapped up warm with scarf, gloves and hat I set off for my final executive committee meeting to hand over, bid farewell and offer some sage advice to those recently elected.