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• Help to Buy – New Mortgage Guarantee Ownership Scheme

  • Posted18 October 2013

  The Government has introduced a new scheme aimed at helping people purchase their own home. The Help to Buy – Mortgage Guarantee scheme, due to be introduced on 1...

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• Same-Sex Marriages Latest

  • Posted17 October 2013

  The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 received Royal Assent on 17 July 2013 and is expected to come into force in 2014. The legislation enjoyed a complex passage...

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• ‘Bedroom Tax’ Legal, Rules High Court

  • Posted11 October 2013

  National charities have warned that thousands of the most vulnerable members of society will be threatened with homelessness, or having to go without food or heating, after the High Court...

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• Tax Follows Source of Funds, Says Tribunal

  • Posted9 October 2013

  When a bank account is held in the names of several people, the interest earned on the account normally ‘belongs’ equally to all of them. Does that mean that the...

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• Two-Year Rule for Partner Claims Justifiable, Rules Court

  • Posted4 October 2013

  When a man was killed at work due to the negligence of a third party, his child (born six months after his death) was able to bring a claim for...

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• Commercial Property Fails IHT Test

  • Posted1 October 2013

  Hot upon the heels of a tax case in which it was ruled that a residential lettings business could constitute a ‘business’ for Inheritance Tax (IHT) purposes comes a ruling...

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