All Feature articles – Page 57
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FeatureInner resources
The pandemic has put a strain on everyone’s mental health and wellbeing, exacerbated for property lawyers by the stamp duty land tax holiday. Kim Tasso looks at the role of resilience in overcoming difficulties, and how you can improve your resilience
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FeatureTuning the pipeline
John Humpherson and Barry Wilkinson look at how to use pipeline management at different stages of your conveyancing process, to assess and improve everything from cashflow to time-recording
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FeatureOn the safe side
Phil Parkinson and Katie Edwards review the significant changes around building safety in the last year, including new legislation, the impact of the pandemic, and what might happen in the year ahead
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FeatureUnexplained wealth orders - where are we now?
Rebecca Atkinson looks at some recent cases where the UWOs have been used with a mixed degree of success.
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FeaturePrice and service transparency - revisited
In May 2020 the SRA commissioned an evaluation of their Transparency Rules. Janet Noble looks at how the findings can benefit firms.
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FeatureWhat’s outstanding on your DAC6 action list? The deadlines are nigh!
Carol Katz explains the DAC6 regulations and how to comply with them.
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FeatureHow software can support your firm in lockdown and the ‘new normal’
Deborah Witkiss, of Law Society strategic partner Insight Legal, looks at the software options – from the cloud to workflow solutions – which can help your firm survive and thrive
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FeaturePreparing for submissions season
Love them or loathe them, the legal directories are here to stay. Victoria Moffat explains how law firms should go about preparing for submission season
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FeatureA new lease of life: residential leasehold and commonhold reform
The Law Commission’s Professor Nick Hopkins, Oliver Hutchings and Penny Tridimas outline the commission’s proposals for reform of residential home ownership
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FeatureData protection - 8 things to do before the transition period ends
With the UK leaving the EU and the end of the transition period looming, Anna Drozd and Emilio Miranda-Graham from our policy teams outline how to get ready for data protection changes in 2021.
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FeatureLife after Brexit
It’s hard to believe that the General Data Protection Regulation has now been in force for nearly two and a half years. But with the Brexit transition period ending soon, there are now more disclosure and compliance issues to think about. Edward Hayes explains
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FeatureBack to Basics: How to manage cryptocurrencies
Leigh Sagar explains the basics of cryptocurrencies, and how to deal with them in an estate administration
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FeatureAre you being served?
Victoria Newey explains the sometimes confusing process of serving respondents in the Court of Protection when making property and affairs applications
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FeatureTake a bow
After over 20 years on the Private Client Section committee, not to mention 16 years as a Law Society Council member, Helen Clarke is retiring from duties. Here, colleagues past and present pay tribute
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FeatureDeep impact
Alberto Perez Cedillo takes an in-depth view on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the practice of international private client
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FeatureThe estate we’re in
Holly Miéville-Hawkins investigates the Court of Protection’s approach to estate and inheritance tax planning, and analyses some recent case law
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FeatureExecutor stress
Coronavirus has emphasised the need to review farm wills, consider the key role of the executors, and understand the complexity of marginal inheritance tax reliefs, argue Julie Butler and Fred Butler. There are also new capital gain tax rules to grapple with
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FeatureMutual interest
You may think mutual wills are a dusty relic from the past that most solicitors don’t need to worry about. Think again – Stephanie Parish has encountered more than half a dozen this year alone. Here, she presents a guide on what mutual wills are and the pitfalls to avoid
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FeatureWeathering the storm
Sarah McGovern explains how to navigate some of the issues likely to arise in estate administrations during a volatile market, including fluctuations in property prices
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FeatureWars of succession
Alberto Perez Cedillo recalls the bafflement of clients while trying to explain the rules of Spanish inheritance to them, and offers tips on how to get estate administrations with Spanish assets right first time