Subjects:

Legal Manuals

Contents:

Revenue Law

Value Added Tax

Income Tax

Capital Gains Tax

Inheritance Tax

Tax-Efficient Investments

Professional Conduct and Client Care

The Rules and Principles of Professional Conduct

The Requirements of Practice

Obtaining Instructions

The Retainer

Costs Information and Client Care

Fees and Costs

Recovery of Charges

Conflict of Interests

Confidentiality

Undertakings

Duties Owed to Third Parties

Indemnity Insurance

Complaints and Discipline

Financial Services

Impact of Professional Conduct on Particular Fields of Practice

EU Law

Sources of EU Law

The Institutions

The Relationship between EU Law and National Law

Seeking a Remedy in National Courts

Free Movement of Workers

Freedom of Establishment and Provision of Services

Free Movement of Goods

Competition Law

Human Rights

The European Convention on Human Rights

The Human Rights Act 1998

Probate and Administration

Succession to Property on Death

The Background Law

Probate Practice and Procedure

Administration of an Estate

Legal Foundations provides a practical introduction to five subjects that are an intrinsic part of legal practice and which must be clearly understood by all practitioners:-

• Revenue Law,
• EU Law,
• Human Rights,
• Professional Conduct
• and Probate and Administration.