PS Magazine

Keep up to date with features, commentaries and current awareness updates from the industry’s leading practitioners. PS magazine is the ultimate resource for private client practitioners. Published four times a year, it delves deep into the issues that matter most to you.

Latest Back to Basics

Our 'Back to Basics' section takes one key issue and provides extensive practical details to ensure you're up to speed and confident in your knowledge. From wills and probate to estate planning and trusts, we've got you covered.

Back to Basics: Caveats
2025-11-26T00:00:00+00:00By Dan Shaw
Dan Shaw explores caveats and how to deal with them in practice
Back to Basics: Attendance notes
2025-05-28T07:55:00+01:00By Sarah Cairns, Andrew Bishop and Cian Jones
Sarah Cairns, Andrew Bishop and Cian Jones look at and offer best practice on attendance notes
Back to Basics: Severance of joint tenancy
2024-11-28T11:45:00+00:00By Chris Claxton-Shirley
Chris Claxton-Shirley looks at severance of joint tenancy
Back to Basics: Heritage assets
2024-03-01T09:17:00+00:00By Sarah Murphy
Sarah Murphy examines the inheritance tax implications of historic estates and national treasures

Latest sample features

Each magazine issue has one of its articles freely available that can be read by non-Section members, perfect for giving a taste of what the Section can offer.

Advice for advisers
2026-05-29T00:00:00+01:00By Nick Paterno
Tax advisers are now required to register with HMRC. Nick Paterno explains why the new registration rules matter to most law firms, and what your firm needs to do now
Professional benefits?
2026-02-26T00:00:00+00:00By Diana Bentley
Should law professionals be concerned about the recent growth in unregulated providers of will writing and estate planning services? Diana Bentley examines the evidence
Balancing the books
2025-11-26T00:00:00+00:00By Jane Farr
Is your firm wrestling with residual balances? Jane Farr advises you on how to best deal with them now – and avoid them in the future
A will for change
2025-08-26T00:00:00+01:00By Laura Abbott
The Law Commission’s long-awaited report, Modernising Wills Law, was published in May. Laura Abbott examines the main proposed reforms