Private Client

• Minor Drafting Error Corrected – £1 Million Saved

  • Posted10 January 2018

  Under Inheritance Tax (IHT) law, certain types of trust have a ten-yearly charge to IHT on the value of the trust assets. The legislation, which imposes IHT of 6 per...

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• Council Must Consider Planning Application

  • Posted8 January 2018

  People who seek advantage by going beyond the bounds of planning permission they are given can expect to be taught a very expensive lesson by the courts. However, the law...

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• Judge Sees Through Attempt to Hide Assets

  • Posted5 January 2018

  When a couple divorced in 2014, the ex-husband was ordered to pay his ex-wife periodical payments of £120,000 per year after he was found to have used a variety of...

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• Libel by Internal Email Proves Expensive

  • Posted27 December 2017

  Many people think that for a libel to occur, the statement made has to be both false and made in public, but in fact that is not so, as a...

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• Planning to Participate in a Tax Avoidance Scheme? Read This First!

  • Posted21 December 2017

  Anyone tempted to participate in a tax avoidance scheme would be wise to take note of one case in which a businessman complained in vain that he had been subject...

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• Facing Compulsory Purchase of Your Home?

  • Posted18 December 2017

  Home ownership is generally regarded as providing safety and long-term security, but this is not always the case as properties can be compulsorily purchased by public authorities to make way...

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