Legal Practice Notes & Tips for Solicitors

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To 2020 and beyond

Sebastian Burrows looks ahead to the next decade and the challenges for lawyers as family law and practice evolves

Bust Trusts: A matter for Priorities

A Privy Council ruling could have wide implications for trustees and creditors of an insolvent trust, says Clara Hamon

Alternative dispute resolution forums: lessons from liberalisation

Solicitors need to identify and build on their strengths to demonstrate the value they bring compared to alternative types of representatives, says Mark Fletcher

Land agreements: when exclusivity clauses breach competition law

The CMA has started to use its competition enforcement powers to sanction anti-competitive land agreements between landlords and tenants, say Neil Baylis and Gwen Ballin-Reeler

Children proceedings: speeding up disclosure of police records

The 2013 protocol can be a useful tool in private Children Act cases where you need to obtain police records, as Mariko Wilson explains

Charitable trust corporations as deputies

Matthew Duncan explains what a charity-run trust corporation must produce to satisfy the court it is a fit and proper person for a deputyship

Digital tension with the law

Tom Pritchard asks whether it's time for digital witnesses following the Law Commission report on electronic execution

Striking the balance: requests for information versus confidentiality

It's crucial to strike the right balance between complying with the law and not breaching your duty of confidentiality when a client is under police investigation, says Helen Simm