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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:

Contents and welcome Bulletin Where we stand now Back to basics Scrutiny, review and engagement A man with a mission Despatches from the front Wearing in, wearing thin Directory of information Providing sound protection The devil in the detail Hot off the press Keeping records Book review

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This issue contains the following subjects:

Contents and welcome Bulletin Adapting to change - the new legal services climate Probate update - new developments A colourful life - complexities of a probate case A day in pictures - Probate Section conference photos Top tips for practitioners - working with the OPG Legislating for change - Finance Act 2008 IT to the rescue - challenges facing firms Trust me - Setting up trusts under Finance Act 2006 Money laundering - why you need to know the rules

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This issue contains the following subjects:

Contents and welcome Comment from the committee - Moving forward (annual conference, charities, nil-rate bands) Bulletin (care costs, pay inequalities, practice notes, carbon footprints, pastoral care helpline) Council update - Winds of change (consultation exercise, commercial drive) PR problem prevention (estate personal representatives) Think big (tax planning) Drawing on experience (pension benefits in income drawdown) Back to basics #5 (The 2008 Budget and Finance Bill) Reaching for royalty (Artist's Resale Right Regulations) Powers and penalties (HMRC and Finance Bill 2008) Seeking solicitors to change lives (Will Aid) Keeping the customer informed (Retail Distribution Review Interim Report) Books (Charities Act 2006) FAQs (letters of administration, file retention, Larke v Nugus, will revocation)

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This issue contains the following subjects:

Contents and welcome Comment - Why bother? (costs assessments in the CoP) Bulletin (news and latest updates from the Section) The sting in the tail (state-funded elderly care) Bank on it (estate administration with banks practice notes) Who can you trust? (trusts for the pupose of asset protection) Mind the gap (Human Rights Act loophole) Darling deception decoys (inheritance tax) Back to basics #4 (drafting wills) A is for agriculture (farming, agriculture and tax advisors) Offer the olive branch (wills and mediation) Building Utopia (non-domicile) Book now! (upcoming PS events) Widening the Web (Web 2.0 phenomenon) FAQs (Practice Advice Service answers)

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This issue contains the following subjects:

Contents (table of contents and welcome) Comment: Willing to go forward (chair of Wills and Equity Committee) Bulletin (news and latest updates) Will it all come out in the wash? (Money Laundering Regulations 2007) A personal perspective (tax certificates) The nil rate band bombshell (tax efficient wills) Beware of CRAG (residential accommodation in care homes) The jury's still out (Mental Capacity Act 2005) Back to basics #3 (probate litigation) Donating your body (organ and whole body donation) Bending the rules? (conflicts of interest in preparing wills) Running strong (PS regional seminars) Breaking the ice (Probate Section recruiting) Books (Mental Capacity Act 2005) Willing to register (formal will registers) Will Aid will help (charity will scheme goes annual) FAQs (continuing professional development)

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This issue contains the following subjects:

Contents and welcome Comment - Professionals of Choice (marketing opportunities) Bulletin (news and latest updates) The 2007 Pre-Budget Report (IHT and flexible trusts) Charitable beginnings (setting up charities) Investing in the future (financial advice) Back to Basics #2 (final arrangements) Reserving rights (will writing regulation) Eating your investments (investment philosophy) Referral rules (Code of Conduct) Grand designs (Grandparents' Association) Getting the records straight (file retention) Slouching towards Brussels IV (succession and wills) Tangled webs (website compliance) Off and racing (PS annual regional seminars)

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