Montagu and Weston’s Legal Practice Companion is firmly established as the leading support title for students undertaking the Legal Practice Course and a much-valued resource for trainees and lawyers in practice. Updated annually, the unique approach and structure of the Legal Practice Companion: 
– Concisely covers all the core and compulsory LPC subjects in one accessible volume
– Presents the law and practice in a step-by-step format
– Breaks down topics in bullet points, making them easier to recall
– Uses graphics, flowcharts and checklists to explain complex areas
– Makes an excellent starting point for primary source research, as case or legislation citation is included wherever possible. 
          The Legal Practice Companion is the perfect one-stop study guide for LPC students. It is also an invaluable resource for trainees, solicitors and legal executives seeking a single volume overview of current law and practice. 

CONTENTS: 
Conduct: 
Taking instructions
Costs, legal aid and bills
Undertakings
Discipline
Financial Services Act 1986
Professional ethics
Accounts: 
Basic bookkeeping
Advanced bookkeeping
Bank reconciliations
Partnership accounts
Interpreting accounts
Solicitors Accounts Rules 1991
Keeping accounts as a solicitor
Taxation: 
Income tax 
Close companies
Capital allowances
Capital gains tax
Inheritance tax (IHT)
Corporation tax
The imputation system
Value added tax (VAT)
Stamp duty
Stamp duty reserve tax (SDRT)
Problem solving hints
Wills and probate: 
Valid wills
Contents of a will
Intestacy
Probate
Problems which can arise
Conveyancing: 
A chronological conveyance
Checking title and making searches
Variations to the standard contract
Leases
Security of tenure
Remedies
Business: 
Partnerships (non-tax aspects)
Private companies (non-tax aspects)
Public companies (non-tax aspects)
Converting businesses
Choice of business medium
Insolvency
Trading
Commercial agreements
Employment
Civil Litigation: 
First steps
Starting proceedings
Pleadings
Defendant’s responses
Plaintiff’s responses
Interlocutory applications
Discovery and inspection
Directions
Admissibility of evidence
Trial preparations
The trial
Costs
Enforcing judgments
Appeals
The future – the Woolf Report
Criminal Litigation: 
Overview and summary table of offences
At the police station
Remand and bail
Mode of trial on an "either way" offence
Preparations for summary trial
Summary trial
Committal
Preparations for Crown Court hearings and trial
Crown Court hearings and trial
Sentencing powers
Sentencing procedure and mitigation
Appeals
Disclosure
Evidence at trial.