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Workshop: When is a partner not a partner

HMRC's latest consultation on partner status should make lawyers take a long look at existing arrangements, says Jonathan Silverman

Keeping a cool head is key to discharging freezing orders

Defendants seeking to get freezing orders discharged stand ?a much better chance if they think strategically and do not rush into potentially costly and ineffective counter-attacks, says Jane Colston and Agnieszka Szewczyk

Update | Company: women on boards, funding for SMEs, directors' loans, company names

Debbie King examines changes to women on boards, funding for SMEs, directors' loans and company names

Update | Construction: letters of intent

Chris Holwell examines letters of intent and asks if they are a safe tool for your clients to use

Bribery Act relaxation would 'send out wrong message'

Government said to be reconsidering facilitation payments

No guarantees

Gita Chakravarty asks if a bank's refusal to provide a 'loan facility without a personal guarantee amounts to 'illegitimate commercial pressure

Workshop: Beware the risks attached to giving personal guarantees

Lawyers have a lot to consider when advising the company director asked to sign a guarantee, says Jonathan Silverman

Praise for Lady Hale's 'common sense view' on ministers of religion

Only woman and only justice 'with significant experience of being an employee'