All Feature articles – Page 98
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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.
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FeatureBrexit - managing the risks
Tracey Calvert considers the compliance questions we should be asking about Brexit.
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FeatureThe SRA - the new handbook proposals
James Woolf considers the SRA consultations to changes to the SRA Handbook.
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Feature’Tis the season for phishing
Peter Wright provides some seasonal tips on avoiding cyber breaches during the festive period.
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FeatureIn principle
The courts are increasingly willing to entertain proprietary estoppel claims and to hone the various limbs of the law. George Mallet examines two recent Court of Appeal decisions
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FeatureNew habits
Philip Giles explains how private client, property and family departments can best work together when advising co-habitees
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FeatureBlue Skype thinking
Internet-based services can deliver better quality at lower cost – and are suitable for a wider range of client groups than most lawyers think. Vicky Ling explains which groups can benefit and provides advice on setting up such a service
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FeatureThe acid test
Henrietta Mason considers recent developments in case law surrounding testamentary capacity, including the test for capacity, the burden of proof, the nature of understanding required, and mental disorders that might affect capacity
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FeatureBack to Basics: Authorised payments for CoP deputies
Those in control of the finances of an incapacitated person may be an attorney by a registered power of attorney or a deputy under the Court of Protection. As such, the authority that they hold in terms of the payments that they are authorised to make differs. Melinda Giles set ...
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FeatureClimbing the ladder
Gary Rycroft welcomes plans by the Solicitors Regulation Authority to reform the route to qualification, especially if it can stimulate and promote social mobility within the profession
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FeatureDignity in death
Digital autopsies, where the deceased is scanned using a CT scanner, areless invasive than traditional post-mortems, and can provide a cause of death in over 70 per cent of cases. Claire Walker explains
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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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FeatureGive to receive
Whether through ad hoc charitable donations or a strategic programme of philanthropy, clients in Britain have a long history of ‘giving back’. Alana Petraske and Christopher Groves look at the options, and the tax reliefs available
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FeatureGive a little
Legacy giving is increasingly important to charities, but only 6.3 per cent of the population leaves a charitable will. Research by Remember A Charity offers useful insights into how solicitors can promote charitable giving to clients, says Rob Cope
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FeatureScreen savers
In an ever-changing digital world, it is becoming increasingly important to make arrangements for the future protection of digital assets, including online accounts. Nick Wenban-Smith provides a practical guide