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OpinionTopical application
Law Management Section chair Ann Harrison outlines the topics we will be focusing on in the upcoming year, including the new regulatory regime
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FeatureAnti-money laundering – FAQs
The Practice Advice Service answers your questions about anti-money laundering issues.
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FeatureInternational Conference of Legal Regulators report
Janet Noble summarises the International Conference of Legal Regulators.
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FeatureNo-deal Brexit preparation in Europe
Alex Storer explains how we’ve been protecting the interests of our members working in Europe – and the current situation for UK lawyers in Belgium, France, Germany, Spain and Switzerland.
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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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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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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: 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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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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OpinionTurn of events
Fiona Heald looks back at the annual conference, and ahead to our upcoming events and how we’re looking to support you in the year ahead
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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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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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NewsLaw Society releases practice notes on SRA Standards and Regulations
The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s Standards and Regulations are effective from 25 November 2019.
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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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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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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