Good morning. Auctions in the last few days have brought some big valuations. A painting by Mark Rothko called 'Orange, Red, Yellow' went for $87 million. A diamond known as Le Beau Sancy sold for eight million Swiss francs. But the real biggie goes on the block today; a social networking website called Facebook.

The advent of ABS’s and the current development in the Family Justice System provide a ripe environment for change in the world of family law. From my experience, the consumer almost always 3 key questions: What will be the outcome? How long will it take? How much will it cost?

There has been a lot of focus on investing for income over the past couple of years. This is mainly because income levels (yields) are generally down on where they were a few years ago. Dividends are lower because companies are generally seeing some tough times, and interest payments are lower from bonds and gilts as their prices have risen.

At B Legal we like to take a practical approach to the law and to consider a client’s goals and objectives rather than just providing legal advice. There are many occasions when we suggest to clients that other professionals may also be able to help them and I have talked in a previous blog about financial advice.

Shareholder revolts have claimed the jobs of a handful of Britain’s most high profile bosses in the last couple of months, among them David Brennan, the chief executive of drugs giant AstraZeneca (LON:AZN). After six years in the role, Brennan is leaving under a cloud of concern about the drug giant’s ability...