Private Client

• Where, If Anywhere, Do the Jet Set Call Home? High Court Gives Guidance

  • Posted4 October 2019

  Very rich people often live jet set lifestyles of ceaseless travel, so pinning down the country in which they are domiciled can be a serious challenge. The High Court faced...

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• No Going Back on Gift Freely Made

  • Posted2 October 2019

  A recent case decided by the Scottish Courts shows the wisdom of not making irrevocable decisions that you may later come to regret. It involved a woman who gifted...

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• Helping Your Executors

  • Posted30 September 2019

  Being an executor is a demanding job at the best of times and a task that is made all the more difficult when the deceased has not given proper thought...

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• Mental Capacity – Court of Protection Authorises Non-Consensual Caesarean Birth

  • Posted30 September 2019

  Where people lack the mental capacity to make important decisions for themselves, judges will step in to ensure that their best interests are served, as was demonstrated by an unusual...

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• Cohabitees and Death – Who Can Claim?

  • Posted30 September 2019

  When one member of a cohabiting couple dies, it can come as an unpleasant surprise to the bereaved partner to discover that not all of their late partner’s estate will...

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• Stamp Duty Land Tax Dodge Backfires

  • Posted27 September 2019

  When a couple wished to avoid paying Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) on the purchase of a property, they hit on what looked to them like a great idea. Instead...

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