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FeatureWilling and able?
Vicki Pearce outlines how to assess if your client has mental capacity and explains the different authorities which can be put in place for a client who lacks capacity
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File closures
Efficient file archiving is always relevant but may now be under severe pressure during successive pandemic lockdowns. Fiona du Feu looks at the compliance implications for actively managing file closures.
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A new approach: alternative dispute resolution with the BBRS
Alexandra Marks CBE, chief adjudicator at the Business Banking Resolution Service (BBRS), shares how it works, how and when to use them, and what drew her to work at the service.
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Court e-bundle requirements [complete 2021 guide]
James Logue, researcher and marketer in the legal software as a service (SaaS) industry, shares the essentials you should be looking out for when building your bundles.
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Is your firm operating digitally?
With most firms moving to some form of agile working, Bronwyn Townsend, Senior Marketing Manager at InfoTrack, looks at the spectrum of technology solutions that can help firms to operate digitally.
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Social life
Victoria Moffatt looks at how lawyers can effectively use LinkedIn to engage with their clients, peers and colleagues
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Stamp it out
Lesley King unpicks the myriad of stamp duty land tax issues for trustees and beneficiaries
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Helping hands
Sophie O’Connell reviews the latest edition of the Law Society’s Elderly Client Handbook
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Gold standard
Nikki Millings provides a helpful, common sense guide to meeting the OPG deputy standards and completing the standards checklist
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Flexible friends
How useful are pension vehicles for the farming community? Whether using them as a means by which to leverage pension capital or as part of a wider succession planning strategy, a pension arrangement can offer flexible solutions, explains Sarah Astley
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Exit signs
Leaving the EU has had, and continues to have, a significant impact on the legal world. But what is its specific impact in relation to private client legal work, and what changes may still be to come? Angharad Lynn investigates
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The estate is not enough
We have all seen wills in which beneficiaries question whether the existence of the transferable nil-rate band changes the amount payable under a nil-rate band legacy. Paul Saunders assesses what happens where the estate is insufficient to satisfy the legacy in any event
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Rules of engagement
Fiona du Feu talks to practitioners Clare King of Clarion Solicitors and Rachel Roche of Roche Legal about how they have managed the ethical challenges around client care during the pandemic
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Double trouble
The same income may be taxed twice when the UK and other countries are involved – so it is important to understand possible tax relief through double tax agreements, explains Alberto Perez Cedillo
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Putting it away
David Cummins discusses some important points to consider when planning for your own retirement
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Podcast: Networking for private client lawyers
In this 21-minute podcast, Linda Dack and Chris Claxton Shirley discuss the networking experiences of private client lawyers during the pandemic.
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Cloud technology promotes more agility for conveyancing firms
Bronwyn Townsend, Senior Marketing Manager at InfoTrack, considers how technology can assist conveyancers with high volumes of work while social distancing restrictions are still in place
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