All Feature articles – Page 46
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Over the border
Alberto Perez Cedillo reviews the 2020 Private Client Section Cross border conference, held in March at Chancery Lane
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Back to basics: European cross-border estates
Álvaro Aznar Azcárate and Nicole Gallop Mildon present a series of questions and answers for English solicitors dealing with estate administrations in France, Spain, Italy and Portugal
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Asset managers
Virtually all of us have digital assets – email and social media accounts, photos in the cloud – but it remains unclear what happens to them once we lose capacity. Angharad Lynn explains how you can advise clients, and the options available for attorneys and deputies
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Navigating after-the-event insurance
Tanya Lansky explains the ins and outs of after-the-event (ATE) insurance, and provides an overview of and tips surrounding the workings of this specialist insurance product.
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Better safe than sorry – risk for litigators during coronavirus
In a short time, the world has changed significantly for litigators. Susanna Heley reviews the latest risks you need to plan for as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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Working remotely and your Lexcel commitments
Paul McCluskey looks at meeting your Lexcel obligations when we are all still social distancing.
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Ensuring compliance during lockdown
Rebecca Atkinson asks how we can remain compliant during this period of lockdown.
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Coronavirus (COVID-19): questions of practice
A selection of questions and answers on coronavirus from our Practice Advice Service.
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Regulation in Scotland – an update
Marzena Lipman gives us a summary on the CMA’s research on regulation in Scotland.
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Winning ways: last year’s Excellence Award winner speaks
Carol Mason, partner and head of the Private Client team at Morecrofts LLP in Liverpool, won last year’s Law Society Excellence in Private Client Practice Award. She explains how the win has impacted upon the team and new work, and her advice for anyone thinking of applying this year.
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Coronavirus – practical financial and tax guidance to law firms
Andrew Allen collates guidance for law firms to help them through the coming weeks and months when they face the business challenges arising from coronavirus (COVID-19).
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Coronavirus and professional indemnity insurance
Simon Thomson, policy advisor at the Law Society, looks at how coronavirus (COVID-19) is affecting professional indemnity insurance (PII) and explains our work in this area.
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Professional indemnity insurance renewal – the top four questions answered
Martin MacHale answers four of law firms’ most commonly-asked questions about their professional indemnity insurance renewal
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Lifting the lid
Lydia Christie looks at whether the SRA’s latest reporting obligations affect your firm’s approach to whistleblowing
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Client confidential
Bronwen Still looks at the duties of confidentiality and disclosure, what happens when they come into conflict and how certain situations must be dealt with
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Case reports
Nigel West looks at the SRA guidance note warning solicitors that drink driving can lead to disciplinary proceedings, particularly if it is not an isolated incident
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What lies beneath
Kenneth Hamer reviews the latest user-friendly edition of an indispensable guide to the torrent of new rules and regulations facing solicitors
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Regulating behaviour
Jessica Clay and Iain Miller look at the SRA’s interest in regulating the behaviour of solicitors
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Holding fraud to account
Paul McCluskey looks at whether using third party managed accounts can mitigate fraud
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COVID-19 – survival steps for law firms
Peter Scott, Paul Browne and Karl Wingfield look at how to manage cash flow during these stressful times.