Private Client

• EIS and SEIS Investing in Small Businesses and Start-Ups

  • Posted1 December 2015

  The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) are popular vehicles for investment in small or start-up businesses. Both are attractive because the tax advantages...

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• Court Comes to Aid of Foreign Surrogacy Couple

  • Posted26 November 2015

  Anyone thinking of starting a family by entering into a foreign surrogacy arrangement should take careful note of a High Court case in which a well-meaning couple ended up in...

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• Court Appoints Cousins to Manage Woman’s Affairs

  • Posted23 November 2015

  Although it is normally sound procedure to appoint an attorney to act in respect of your affairs should you become incapable of doing so yourself, where this precaution is not...

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• City Noise Inevitable, Rules Court

  • Posted20 November 2015

  Local authorities are obliged to offer suitable accommodation to homeless people, taking into account their particular circumstances and vulnerabilities. In one case, however, the Court of Appeal ruled that a...

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• Media Reporting of Family Cases – The Debate Heats Up!

  • Posted18 November 2015

  The increasing ability of the media to report family proceedings has given rise to judicial differences of opinion in respect of the difficult balance to be struck between individual privacy...

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• No Will Means Tax Windfall for HMRC

  • Posted12 November 2015

  The result of the recent death of actor Roger Lloyd-Pack, best known for playing ‘Trigger’ in the hit series ‘Only Fools and Horses’, serves as a reminder that failing to...

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