Private Client

• Going Into Business with a Loved One? Don’t Dispense with Legal Formality

  • Posted27 December 2023

  Couples who run businesses together are often tempted to dispense with paperwork and rely solely on trust. As a High Court ruling showed, however, any relationship may come to an...

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• How Good a Guide is an AIM Listing to a Share’s Open Market Value?

  • Posted18 December 2023

  Most investors would agree that the price at which shares are listed on an accredited investment exchange is as reliable a guide as any to their open market value. A...

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• Defiant Mother Sentenced for Refusing Father Contact with Their Child

  • Posted13 December 2023

  Fathers who are denied access to their children are frequently heard to complain that judges do not do enough to support them. In coming down hard on a defiant mother...

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• Property – Not Every One-Sided Bargain is a Product of Undue Influence

  • Posted6 December 2023

  Where a transaction appears to be very one-sided or manifestly more advantageous to one side or the other, judicial eyebrows are likely to be raised. However, as a High Court...

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• Businessman Reaps Whirlwind After Years of Inattention to His Tax Affairs

  • Posted4 December 2023

  Those whose tax affairs are allowed to fall into disarray must live in permanent fear that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will in due course descend upon them. Such anxiety...

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• Divorce – This is Why a Clean Break is Usually the Preferred Outcome

  • Posted29 November 2023

  Most divorcees would, wherever possible, prefer to achieve a clean financial break so that they can regain their independence and move on with their lives. A High Court ruling provided...

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