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You work in an office where there is a ‘tyrant’. They are not the boss as such, but they have often been in post for some time and have some informal authority. This is not gained by rank or [...]

Inheritance Tax mitigation schemes involving the issue of life assurance bonds are worthy of a sceptical assessment, not least because the commissions paid by insurers to financial advisers who [...]

Power in law firms has, for many generations of lawyers, been associated with the lawyers who have the largest fee portfolios as it has been seen that these people clearly make the greatest [...]

Failure to perform could look like a skills gap needs plugging with training an individual but a performance deficiency does not always mean a training need exists.

The Legal Services Act 2007 fired the starting pistol to the race for the provision of legal services by all sorts of new legal service firms instead of the traditional law firm. We all knew [...]

In a Budget which has been criticised on all sides the Chancellor Alistair Darling has for once not taken the opportunity to alter much which affects the Wills, Probate and Trust practitioner who [...]

Getting the best out of each day involves managing yourself, others and your environment to achieve efficiency and effectiveness and also have time for some fun! As Peter Drucker said “Until you [...]

The impact of the decision of the House of Lords in Thorner v Major and others [2009] UKHL 18, [2009] 1 WLR 776

In a time of recession no client is ‘safe’. Businesses go bust whilst others have problems paying their bills but the private client sector is probably one of the most vulnerable and the most at [...]

Trustees with an obligation to generate an income for entitled beneficiaries have customarily been able to pick from National Savings products and gilts at the bottom of the risk range, cash [...]