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Solicitors conduct under the claims management

In his series on the new claims management regulations Gordon Exall considers their effect on business expenses and the guidance given by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority

Practice trends: personal injury

Recent judgments have only embittered the costs war between personal injury claimant lawyers and insurers, says Patrick Allen. Now the Court of Appeal has the opportunity to bring reason into chaos; failing that, the government should take action

Securing tenant rights on lease renewal

John Martin asks, in the light of a recent case, what easements and rights a tenant can insist on being granted on lease renewal under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954

East Midlands: quiet revolution in Lincoln

Lawyers in Lincolnshire have been spared the commoditisation frenzy but it will come one day and firms are getting prepared, says Jean-Yves Gilg

Profile: asb law

asb law completed its first full strategic review in 2007, and a fairly radical raft of changes followed. New managing partner Andrew Clinton has been responsible for ensuring the objectives were met.

Update: tax

Richard Bunker examines the changes that have affected taxation including CGT, domicile and the proposed draft legislation, raising the thresholds on IHT, income shifting in light of the Arctic Systems case and UK residential status

Mayer Brown announces Asian merger

INTERNATIONAL LAW firm Mayer Brown LLP is to merge with leading Asian law firm Johnson Stokes & Master (JSM) in a move dubbed “truly transformational” by chairman James D. Holzhauer.

IT forensics: guilty until proven innocent

When identity theft involves the use of your credit card on the internet for illegal purposes, your computer will be seized and examined, and the onus will be on you to prove fraud, as Chris Magee explains