Private Client

• Reliance on Accountant Shows Reasonable Care

  • Posted12 April 2018

  If you rely on your accountant’s advice regarding a tax issue, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will now regard you as having taken ‘reasonable care’ to get things right and...

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• Premature Contract Signature Proves Expensive

  • Posted9 April 2018

  Signing a contract before you are sure you are willing to complete it can be a huge mistake: judges do not flinch from enforcing valid contracts, as a recent case...

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• Direct Contact With Both Parents Best Promotes Child Welfare

  • Posted6 April 2018

  Family judges know that children normally do best when they have direct contact with both parents. The Court of Appeal underlined that point in a case concerning five ultra-Orthodox Jewish...

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• Victim of Hotel Jewellery Theft Wins Substantial Compensation

  • Posted4 April 2018

  Thefts from hotel rooms are thankfully not an everyday occurrence, but when such a crime is committed, who, if anyone, is liable to pay compensation can become an issue, especially...

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• Administering Estates – Procedures and Pitfalls

  • Posted29 March 2018

  A recent survey has shown that more than one in ten people who are thought to have died intestate (i.e. without leaving a will) may actually have made a will...

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• Non-Residents Beware – Ignorance of UK Tax Law is No Excuse

  • Posted27 March 2018

  About 900,000 UK citizens are long-term residents abroad, and it is no particular surprise that they may be less careful about managing their UK tax affairs than those who live...

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