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PS is distributed six times per year to members, keeping them up-to-date on pertinent legal and practical issues via bulletins, in-depth articles, case reports and guidance.

It is aimed at solicitors working in the fields of wills, financial planning, trusts, tax planning, Court of Protection, care planning and estate administration.

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This issue contains the following subjects:

Comment from the Chair Winter seminars Skills like yours change lives (will aid) Powers of trustees Trustees: know the risks Final limitations (limitations) Limited liability partnerships Are you part of the new culture club? Unusual share choices (finance) Probate for profit (IT) Away from the desk (Emma Gaudern)

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This issue contains the following subjects:

Comment from the Vice Chair Winter seminars Comment - the times are changing Stamp Duty Land Tax: crossing the threshold Minor limitations (limited grants) Release notes (equity release) Facing the future (motivation) Ready-made wills (wills) House rules (pensions) The digital age (IT) Books

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This issue contains the following subjects:

Comment from the Vice Chair Dead money (unclaimed assets) The simple life (trust administration) Further limitations (limited grants) A gift worth giving (charity) It's a wrap (finance) Trusting your software (IT) Into the eye of the storm (Tsunami) Mind your P(lant)s and Kews (column) Away from the desk (Patricia Wass)

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This issue contains the following subjects:

Comment from the Vice Chair All bells and whistles (forum) Magic and mystique (offshore trusts) A place in the sun (property) Mind maze (Mental Capacity Act) Even more limitations (grants) Five universal truths (client care) No pain, no gain (finance) Probate technology (IT) "A place quite northward it seems" (comment)

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This issue contains the following subjects:

Comment from the Chair Comment from Chancery Lane Hanging them out to dry (money laundering) Neither a borrower nor a lender be (Sharia law) All in the past (genealogy) Not such a minor issue (grants) Politics and practicalities (personal finance) Market forces (IT) When you come to the end of a perfect day... (comment) Away from the desk (Stephen Arthur)

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Comment from the Chair Understanding Islamic finance Orders to the Bar (litigation) Counting the costs (client care) It's Queen Camilla - as the law stands Take a break (insurance) Let the ASP take the strain (IT) Bone of contention (proprietary estoppel and negligence) Probate Section annual conference Away from the desk (Adrian O'Loughlin)

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This issue contains the following subjects:

Comment from the Chair Probate Section Annual Conference 2005 The deceased tax evader (tax) Further limitations (grants) Centenarian celebration (telegrams) On your doorstep (crime and the elderly) It’s will writing, Jim, but not as we know it (IT) What a difference A-day makes (finance) Bone of contention (wills) Away from the desk

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This issue contains the following subjects:

Comment from the Chair Comment from Chancery Lane Probate and Shari'a law Gone but not forgotten (tax evaders in death) Know your limitations (grants) We can work it out (inheritance tax) A matter of trust (child trust funds) 2005 Legal IT Review Books Away from the desk

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This issue contains the following subjects:

Comment from the Chair The Clementi review Leave to swear death (tsunami) EU nearer to abolishing domicile? (inheritance) It's a living thing (living wills) Release the pressue (equity release schemes) Sensible investment (personal investments) I was there (lifestyle) Vacancies

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This issue contains the following subjects:

Comment from the Chair All in the mind (mental capacity) Overcoming gift with reservation of benefit (tax) To put it another way... Fees or commission? (buying financial products) Efficiency is the key (probate IT strategies) Does anything rhyme with Bruges? (Bruges) News and views Postscript

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This issue contains the following subjects:

Comment from the chair Comment from Chancery Lane Online evolution (new Probate Section website) Financial services (regulation of mortgages and insurance) Insuring against inheritance tax liability New Year's resolution (financial management) All wills are equal... Taking the plunge (IT) News and views Away from the desk: Nicola Zoumidou

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