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The training race

Chore or development opportunity? With the annual CPD deadline of 31 October looming many practitioners are reviewing their CPD hours. Clarissa Dann considers the different approaches to personal development

The traditional approach

In the second of three articles, Kim Tasso considers marketing private client services through reputation, referrers and relationships

Update: housing law

In the first of a two part update, Jim Shepherd and Dominic Preston consider recent Court of Appeal rulings in respect of homelessness

Bankruptcy and divorce

Family lawyers should ensure that orders deferring the sale of a matrimonial home avoid any reference to a trust for sale, says David Aspinall

Update: IT and intellectual property

Susan Singleton summarises recent developments in the areas of data protection, privacy, patents, copyright and trade marks

Dominating the high street

In the first of three articles, Kim Tasso considers how the Legal Services Bill will impact small-and medium-sized firms

A silent digital witness

The ethos that “every contact leaves a trace” is as true in the digital environment as in a conventional crime scene. Ian Kennedy explains

Update: planning and environment

Gregory Jones reviews developments in planning law and the way noise is considered, from the initial application to the relationship with other regimes