All Feature articles – Page 53
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FeaturePlenary: Good as golden
At the Private Client Section annual conference, Lesley King provided her yearly update on private client law and practice, covering the residence nil-rate band, the importance of the ‘golden rule’, and an urgent Court of Protection application
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FeatureWorkshop: Contentious probate update
Delegates at the conference could choose between five workshops, run twice over the course of the day. William Moffett recaps his key contentious probate cases from 2019
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FeatureWorkshop: Developing more private client work
Kim Tasso summarises her session on developing a stragegy to get more private client work.
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FeaturePlenary: Intellectual capital
Emma Chamberlain spoke at the Private Client Section annual conference 2019 on capital taxes, including the government’s planned reform of trusts, the transfer of assets on divorce, and the gifts with reservation of benefit rules
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FeatureWorkshop: Inheritance tax on business property: how to protect your clients
Steven Appleton rounds up his workshop on inheritance tax on business property.
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FeatureAnnual conference 2019
Private Client Section committee member Helen Starkie rounds up the highlights of the Section’s annual conference, held in London on 28 June, and introduces our conference special edition
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FeatureWorkshop: Elderly client care and the Mental Capacity Act 2005
Delegates at the conference could choose between five workshops, run twice over the course of the day. Helen Clarke rounds up hers on elderly client care and the Mental Capacity Act 2005
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FeatureBuilding in safety
Simon Lewis looks at developments on building safety following the Hackitt review and the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government’s consultation paper, Building a safer future: proposals for reform of the building safety regulatory system
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FeatureA problem shared
David Keighley looks at how shared ownership works in practice, including the key terms of shared ownership leases, extending leases and the second-hand market
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FeatureOnwards and upwards
The government is planning to introduce a new permitted development right for upwards extensions, as part of its plans to deliver new homes. John Pearce outlines the plans and what they might mean in practice
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FeatureLending weight
How is Brexit affecting mortgage lenders, and clients and investors buying with mortgage finance? Paresh Raja provides a personal perspective
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FeatureWelcome to our house
Diversity and inclusion is essential in any organisation, but even more so in real estate, where we work to create a better community and built environment for the next generation. Amanda Clack looks at how you can support diversity and inclusion in your business
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FeatureThe real deal
Clare Griffiths looks at how planned improvements to the Bank of England’s Real-Time Gross Settlement infrastructure could help streamline property transactions for both solicitors and their clients
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FeatureCrunch time
It’s over two years since the government first started looking into the leasehold market, but this year has seen the pace of proposals for change ramp up significantly. Clare Harman Clark rounds up the proposals, and considers what they could mean for the property market
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FeatureConnecting the dots
Grania Langdon-Down looks at the current state of proptech – where and how it’s being used, how law firms can use it, and what it might mean for the future of property practice
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FeatureThe balance of power
Commercial property practitioners will sometimes come across a situation where a transaction is complicated by the insolvency or pending insolvency of a seller. Richard Tindall looks at the application of the lender’s power of sale where a seller is insolvent
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FeatureLeaky talent bucket – what causes talent retention problems?
Many law firms, especially small and medium-sized firms are experiencing problems retaining talent. In the second of a two-part series, Rachel Brushfield examines the common causes of talent drain.
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FeatureReady for the starting line?
Sarah Mumford looks at how you should be starting to prepare for the SRA’s new Standards and Regulations.