Private Client

• IHT Changes For ‘Non-Doms’

  • Posted10 May 2013

  With one in six British marriages now involving a spouse not domiciled in the UK, problems involving the tax consequences of domicile are becoming increasingly common. Most of the...

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• Businesswoman’s £2.7 Million Divorce Award Upheld

  • Posted8 May 2013

  A businesswoman who was belittled as being ‘no more than a receptionist’ by her multi-millionaire husband has had her £2.7 million divorce settlement upheld after the Court of Appeal ruled...

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• Fair Comment Still Comes at a Cost

  • Posted7 May 2013

  When a businessman voiced his opinion on planning matters by joining a planning action group which opposed the construction of two biomass power plants, he did not expect his past...

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• National Trust Membership Rules Out Judge in Planning Dispute

  • Posted29 April 2013

  When a planning appeal to which the National Trust was a party came before the court and the judge due to hear it was a member of the Trust, he...

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• Child Maintenance – What’s New?

  • Posted24 April 2013

  Changes in the system for dealing with child maintenance claims will soon be fully implemented, with cases currently dealt with by the Child Support Agency being transferred to the Child...

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• Benefit Limitation Did Not Discriminate Against Gypsies

  • Posted16 April 2013

  When a group of gypsies found that the housing benefit they received did not cover the full cost of their caravan pitches on a private caravan site, they claimed that...

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