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  5. January 2004

January 2004

Wanted: debaters, and reporters
President's message: The Society needs members to contribute to the debate on the Clementi review; and if they can, to volunteer as reporters to help the new complaints system
Small firms: tackling the profit problem
Small firms are no different to larger firms when it comes to the essentials of financial health
Who is the family business client?
Writer's view that answering this critical but complex question is central to resolving a family business's succession issues
Winning your service game
Current President of the Family Firm Institute explains what a family business consultant is and how they fit into a professional service firm
A near-death experience
One client's tale of how a lack of understanding by professional advisers almost killed off a family business
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In this issue

  • Wanted: debaters, and reporters
  • Small firms: tackling the profit problem
  • Who is the family business client?
  • Winning your service game
  • A near-death experience
  • Managing those tensions
  • Full strength DECAF
  • What should the new Sentencing Commission do?
  • A brush with the law
  • The truth and the whole truth
  • See, hear, speak no html
  • Looking back, going forward
  • Inhibition on the dependence lives on
  • Framework for debt payment takes shape
  • Wake up to disability
  • Mind the gap
  • The new dance called "Electricity"
  • Website reviews
  • Book reviews
  • Conveyancing - not much change in 400 years
  • Ironing out settlements and SDLT
  • The new law of real burdens
  • Housing Improvement Task Force
  • Opening the query lines

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