Viewpoints

The Institute for Fiscal Studies published an article last week which highlighted three IHT reliefs it believes should be targeted to...

Following the announcement last week that the probate service is now “in recovery” following the replacement of its management team,...

The news that the House of Commons Justice Select Committee is to launch an inquiry into the probate registry's performance will be...

For the past few weeks the news has been littered with suggestions of tax changes the Chancellor of the Exchequer was considering making...

HMRC's most recent rise in the rate of interest charged on late payment of inheritance tax (IHT), now a punitive 7.75%, focuses attention...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced last November that he would freeze the nil-rate band threshold for inheritance tax (IHT) at £325,000...

Within Nigel Farage’s interview on Radio 4 was a comment about the broader issue of AML legislation impacting small businesses, with...

Back in 2020 and 2021, nearly 12 million files were released detailing offshore structures created on behalf of wealthy individuals in...

In the recent case of DR v UG (2023 EWFC 68), the court rejected a husband’s claim to depart from an equal division of matrimonial assets...

With the dust having settled after last month’s Budget, what seems to be preoccupying our clients? Certain topics crop up again and again...

Some interesting commentary here from The Times about the case of Dawn Webb, who inadvertently revoked her Will by getting married,...

After a 66 year marriage, a woman whose husband's will left everything to their two sons and leaving no provision for her or their four...