19 Dec, 2024 Supreme Court confirms success fees are not recoverable in civil proceedings after long awaited decision in Hirachand v Hirachand By Hayley Robinson The Supreme Court has today handed down judgment in the long awaited appeal of Hirachand v Hirachand. The unanimous decision of the...
05 Dec, 2024 Navigating tax changes: What the 2024 Autumn Budget means for nuptial agreements By Sophie Imber The Autumn Budget announced on 30 October 2024, introduced some significant tax changes. These changes will impact on wider financial...
25 Oct, 2024 Divorce and private equity: Hedge funds and headaches By Nicola Harries I was asked to offer up some tips on how private equity investments are treated in a divorce scenario and I am delighted my comments have...
03 Oct, 2024 Undue influence: Oliver v Oliver By Jennifer Doggett It is a rare occurrence when the court determines that a will should be overturned, having found that undue influence has been exercised...
02 Oct, 2024 Forfeiture: planning to make a killing? Think again By Jennifer Doggett The recent case of Leeson v McPherson serves as a reminder of the melancholy importance of the Forfeiture Act 1982, which prevents those...
24 Sep, 2024 Digital estate planning - it's not just a financial matter By Laura Walliss Clients, and their advisers, are getting much better at considering digital assets when undertaking estate planning. It is now usual...
16 Aug, 2024 A balancing act - Guidance for personal representatives in insolvent estates By Hayley Robinson The court has provided guidance on how to protect personal representatives in potentially insolvent estates in Wedgwood v Hosein and...
05 Aug, 2024 Inheritance Tax reach continues to grow – HMRC releases 2021-2022 statistics By Amelia Talfourd-Cook HMRC has released the Inheritance Tax liabilities statistics for the tax year 2021–2022, and it is clear that the number of estates now...
31 Jul, 2024 Non-dom changes – so, what do we know now? By Laura Walliss Monday 29 July was, ostensibly, “Legislation Day”. To be fair to the government, some legislation was produced, including draft...
30 Jul, 2024 Take VAT private schools! By Matthew Peto The government has published its Technical Note outlining the 20% VAT charge to private school fees across the UK, as well as removing...
05 Jul, 2024 Labour's General Election win - what does this mean for non-doms? By Laura Walliss The results of the General Election are now in and, as was widely expected, the UK has voted for Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour party to form...
13 Jun, 2024 "Text message changes will". No it doesn't. By James Lister The High Court has (sensibly) decided that a text message sent by a man shortly before his death was sufficient to satisfy the test for a...