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As some of you may know I am a member of a women’s service organisation called ‘Soroptimists’. Not many people have heard of us but we do interesting things like lobbying and taking action such [...]

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Having worked with solicitors for 25 years I am pleased to report that they have a conscience and that they worry about recording time to files where there is a belief that it may not be right [...]

Murder and its consequences is a topic that usually fascinates the press (witness the Amanda Knox story). Yet this is one story that has so far missed even the legal press. Perhaps it is the [...]

Much was made by the Prime Minister not so long ago of creating a happiness index rather than just focusing on the economic indicators to decide how well a country was performing but since then [...]

Gill Steel looks at the vexed question of how a private client practitioner should approach taking Will-making instructions from couples

It’s a stressful time when mum or dad can no longer live in their own home either at all or without carer support . Often this becomes clear upon an admission to hospital. It is usually one of [...]

The very sad case of D v R [2010] EWHC 2405 gave the opportunity for Mr Justice Henderson to provide a helpful analysis of the capacity to litigate. The relevant statutory and procedural matters [...]

Well, after months of waiting expectantly for the advent of a new era in the operation of the legal services market 6 October 2011 has arrived and is something of a damp squib.

Julie Butler explains the recent case of G Pratt & Sons v HMRC and the need for all farm improvements and repairs to be fully reviewed by both the taxpayer and tax practitioners before expenditure.