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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.

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This issue contains the following subjects:

Bulletin Comment Inheriting a tax problem abroad (Inheritance tax) Equity release - reversion schemes (Elderly clients) Litigating probate disputes (Mediation) Giving to charities (Legacies) The story behind the London Gazette Brave new world (Will IT transform probate?) Motion slickness (Appeals against probate orders) Off and racing (Winter seminars) A guide to taking up supplier references (Probate software) Book review (Health and Social Care Handbook) Probate FAQs (Trainee solicitors)

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This issue contains the following subjects:

Bulletin Comment Under the influence (Undue influence) Where there's a will (Foreign probate) Benefits - attending to the detail (Elderly clients) The age trap (Discrimination) Probate - the next generation (Avoiding claims) Gone - but not forgotten (Personal debt) Equity release - a high risk strategy Confrontation - a last resort (Summonses) Tidal wave (Winter seminars) Probate surgery (FAQs)

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This issue contains the following subjects:

Contents and welcome Bulletin Enduring Powers of Attorney (comment) Sun, sea, sand... and taxes (inheritance) Mental Capacity Code brings statute into focus (private client) Celebrating L'Entente Cordiale (French/English/Welsh systems) Probate - the next generation (due execution) Benefits - are your clients getting enough? (rent and council tax) The pre-nuptial agreement - an essential for the very rich (Miller v Miller) Keeping in step with Europe (CPR update) An artist's response to justified criticism (probate) Fruitful harvest (winter seminars) Probate FAQs

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This issue contains the following subjects:

Contents and welcome Bulletin A tarnished image (comment) Passionate about preserving the best... (change) Litigation in the court of protection Wills, probate and sucession update Planning for cross border estates (EU) Pension simplification (regulations) Getting to grips with civil partnerships (2004 Act) Winter solace (winter seminars) Probate: the next generation (litigation) Why diamonds are still a girl's best friend (Miller v Miller) Getting the benefit (pension credit) Just how limited is your liability? (LLPs) The taxman cometh (CGT) Banking on the probate professional (IT) Probate surgery (FAQs)

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This issue contains the following subjects:

Comment from the Chair News - Law Society consultation Legislation - Mentally sound Technical - The final chapter Technical - Changing rules Pensions on death: the new regime Resources - A foot in the past Finance - Changing trusts Advice - Probate doctor IT - What's hot and what's not Books - Speaking the same language

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This issue contains the following subjects:

From the chair Getting the benefit (improving state benefit) Post death distributions from a discretionary will trust Reasonable provisions (Inheritance Act) Get it right (case management) Let it out (buy to let property market) New IHT threshold Excel-ing at probate (IT)

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This issue contains the following subjects:

Comment from the chair Education, education, education? Qualification, qualification, qualification! (Private client solicitor education) Who's who (Identity fraud) Themes on a variation (Variations after death) All change (New pension regime) Errors and ommissions accepted (Probate applications) Looking after the pennies (Budget 2006) Legal IT 2006 (IT exhibition review) 3,00th member welcomed Books (Book review)

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This issue contains the following subjects:

From the chair (Costs: thinking outside the box) The easy afterlife (post-death variations) How serious is the pensions crisis? (Pensions) Trustees: Know your risks Keeping on track (Tracker funds) England's bi-centennial man (Wills) Consultation: Have your say Selecting your system (IT) Books

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This issue contains the following subjects:

From the chair Let there be love (Civil partnerships) Theory of relativity (Digitised probate) Maintaining the balance (Modern portfolio theory) Love is the law (Civil partnerships) IT for strategic alliances (IT) Using Land Registry effectively Back tracking on pensions Consultation - Have your say Away from the desk - Keith Plowman

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This issue contains the following subjects:

Comment from the chair Trustees: Know your risks (Modern portfolio theory) The write side of the law (Forensic handwriting analysis) Effective business development Do your duty (Duties of trustees) The crying game (Helping emotional clients) Looking ahead in 2006 (IT) Drop the debt (Debt management) Away from the desk (Elizabeth McManus)

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