All Feature articles – Page 98
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FeatureThe main event
Events can help you promote your firm to new and existing clients, and build relationships – but only if you do it well. Annaliese Fiehn provides her top tips for planning an event
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FeatureSite for sore eyes
If you’re looking to relaunch your firm’s website, or develop a site for a new firm, you need to know the common pitfalls to avoid, to give you the best chance of success. Sue Bramall and Peter Wright offer some real-life cautionary tales
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FeatureLive and learn
The continuing competence regime has now been compulsory for just over two months. Diana Bentley talks to the regulator, firms and industry experts about how the change is being implemented in practice
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FeatureOn the map
Joanna Kingston-Davies outlines her experience of developing a new strategy for a firm, implementing that strategy, communicating it through a strategy map, and using balanced scorecards to measure success
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FeaturePeople power
The legal recruitment market is changing in every way – employers, employees and clients. How can you attract and keep the people you need to build a thriving business? Nicola Jones and Jane Green-Armytage explain
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Domestic law reform
The domestic law reform work program focuses solely on the UK’s domestic legislative and administrative human rights regime, and particularly to facilitating member input to the policy development and law making process.
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FeatureQ&A with Ruth Grant of Hogan Lovells
The City community talks the Ruth Grant of Hogan Lovells
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FeatureHidden agenda
Concealed development first made headlines in 2011, when Robert Fidler built a mansion and hid it behind a wall of hay bales. Anna Russell outlines the current law around permission for development, including where there is concealment or deception
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FeatureCancelled out
A lease may be protected on the register by substantive registration and/or by a notice on the reversionary title. Tim Smithers summarises Land Registry’s practice on cancellation of leases
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FeatureChecks and balances
Upcoming tax changes may lead more private property investors to incorporate. Susan Winter and Tony Lake look at the pros and cons of each structure, and what conveyancers need to know when acting for a corporate client as a property investor
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FeatureGoing rate
The impact on statutory compensation of new business rates next year means that commercial landlords and tenants need to take care when making decisions on ending or renewing business tenancies. Mark Barley and Charlie Temperley explain
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FeatureProof positive
Warren Gordon outlines the problems that arise for conveyancers around positive freehold covenants, and the potential application of new proposals from the Law Commission
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FeatureGreat minds
Lucy Trevelyan examines the personality traits and ‘soft skills’ best suited to being a property law professional, how to develop these skills, and what clients are looking for from their property solicitor
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FeatureCounting the cost
Clients purchasing leasehold property may not realise how expensive the process can be, with the range and proliferation of fees payable to managing agents and leaseholders. Sarah Dwight outlines the problem and the role of the conveyancer
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FeatureAML and financial crime update
We summarise the issues raised at the recent Law Society AML and Financial Crime Conference 2016.
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FeatureData protection and Brexit
Tim Hill, Policy Advisor for Technology at the Law Society, discusses the effect of the Brexit vote on your data protection obligations.
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FeatureThe best of the web - December 2016
This month’s round-up of the best practice management comment and features from across the web includes articles on the technology skills lawyers need in the new marketplace, how to use web anlalytics to succeed online, and the good and bad reasons for choosing to merge
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FeatureArtificial intelligence - what’s in store?
Mandeep Nagra looks at the impact of artificial intelligence on the profession.
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FeatureContinuing competence - FAQs
Janet Noble abridges the new Law Society Practice Note on the SRA’s Continuing Competence Scheme.