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FeatureWilling and able?
Constance McDonnell looks at the complexities of assessing testamentary capacity remotely, including in online will-making, and whether solicitors should proceed with an instruction if there is uncertainty as to capacity
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FeatureISA on the prize
Making use of the annual ISA allowance is one of the simplest ways to shelter tax investments efficiently, but one that many more investors could take advantage of. Toni Carver rounds up some recent changes to the ISA regime
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FeatureGiving you the benefits
There are many welfare benefits available to elderly clients who satisfy the appropriate criteria, but this is a complex and rapidly changing area of the law. Nicola August and Val Prosser provide a guide to the major benefits, and how you can challenge a decision
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FeatureSpanish ties
Nine months after it came into force, Alberto Perez Cedillo addresses the impact of the Brussels IV regulation on cross-border successions in Spain – and details other Spanish internal laws you need to be aware of when dealing with an estate
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FeatureLink in the chain
Susan Kench and Emily Miller help you get to grips with LinkedIn and explain why it is worth a private client solicitor’s time
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FeatureBack to Basics: Removing and retiring trustees and PRs
Removing a fellow professional fiduciary
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FeatureReduced circumstances
The case for pensions has become more compelling over recent years, with increased flexibility and lower tax charges. However, a number of recent changes have reduced how much higher earners in particular can benefit. Patrick Connolly explains
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FeaturePower play
In the aftermath of Miles & Beattie v The Public Guardian, the law is in a state of confusion in respect of what can be specified about a joint power of attorney in a lasting power of attorney. Adam Boyle looks in detail at the judgment
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FeatureAll good advice
The 2013 Retail Distribution Review drastically altered the financial advice landscape. Stephen Kavanagh looks at the pressures on financial advisers, and what it could mean for the future – and independence – of financial advice
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NewsGraham Turnbull Lecture
On 21 April 2016, David Anderson QC, Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, delivered the lecture ‘Terrorism and the Law’ at the Law Society for the Graham Turnbull awards.
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AnalysisMendes v Hochtief (UK) Construction Ltd [2016] EWHC 976 (QB)
Mr Justice Coulson has ruled that a claimant could recover trial advocacy fees under CPR 45 when a claim settled on the day of the hearing, before the trial was heard
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Dual qualified bilingual lawyer (Solicitor regulated by the SRA and Avocat admitted to the Paris Bar)
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JOFFE & ASSOCIES SEL (Paris) - Melissa LONCAREVIC (Of Counsel)
Dual qualified bilingual lawyer (Solicitor in England and Wales and Avocat admitted to the Paris Bar)
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FeatureOpportunity knocks: highlights from the spring conference
Tobias Haynes reports back from this year’s Section spring conference
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FeatureThe final countdown
The changes to continuing professional development will be mandatory from 1 November 2016. Nicola Jones and Jane Green-Armytage look at how firms are responding, and the pros and cons of adapting the old regime versus embracing a competency-based approach
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FeatureFirst things first
A clear understanding of your firm’s brand – at its simplest, what it sells, to whom, and why – is an essential first step in ensuring you deploy your marketing resource effectively to win the business you want. Ben Kamble explains
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FeatureRunning for my life
Sally Azarmi began training for the London Marathon last year, despite never having run competitively before, and having a painful condition in one leg. And the training taught her more about running her law firm than she ever could have expected
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FeatureA gentle nudge
Why don’t most compliance programmes work in practice? Because the traditional theory on which they are based doesn’t take into account how people really behave. Barry Vitou looks at what we can learn from a more recent approach: nudge theory
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FeatureGunning for success
With a distinguished career as a law firm partner behind him, Darryl Cooke co-founded a law firm, gunnercooke, on an innovative new model. He explains to Duncan Wood how the firm is challenging the way that legal services are delivered
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