Private Client

• HMRC Gain Right to Check Credit Card Statements

  • Posted29 January 2014

  Not well publicised in the press was the revelation that since September 2013 HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have had the power to access your credit card statements by making...

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• Cohabitation and the Law – Changes Afoot?

  • Posted24 January 2014

  At the end of October 2013, the Cohabitation Rights Bill 2013 started its progress through Parliament. The Private Member’s Bill aims to give long-term cohabitants rights more akin to those...

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• Better Protection for Consumers On the Way?

  • Posted21 January 2014

  The Government is proposing to improve protection for consumers who purchase goods or services (including those supplied in electronic form) from businesses. Under the Consumer Rights Bill, consumers will...

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• Taxpayer Wins Appeal Against Information Notice

  • Posted16 January 2014

  A taxpayer has succeeded in persuading the First-tier Tribunal that an information notice issued by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) should be set aside. The man had submitted a...

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• Chancel Repair Liability Risk – Reduced But Not Gone

  • Posted13 January 2014

  Homeowners may be breathing a sigh of relief following the widely publicised reports that ‘chancel repair liability’ (CRL) must now be registered to be effective – but the risk still...

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• Divorce – Equal Division of Assets Not Always the Right Solution

  • Posted7 January 2014

  There are no hard and fast rules over the division of assets in divorce cases. In particular, an equal partition of assets is not always appropriate, as was illustrated by...

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