September 14, 2017
Funding tech start-ups: impact of Brexit
The UK leads Europe in the creation of unicorns. When a phrase like this...
July 26, 2017
Fowle play? Disputed inheritance claims
Testamentary freedom has long been an established part of the English legal system. Unlike...
July 24, 2017
Back to square one: budget tax changes
The UK government has announced that the tax changes announced in the pre-election budget in...
June 27, 2017
T’int right, T’int fair, T’int proper! The importance of a valid will
Issues of succession. The obituaries of the late Lord Braybrooke reported that the title...
April 4, 2017
The Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings 2017/18: action required!
The Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED) regime came into force on 1 April...
March 30, 2017
Let’s get Sirius
It was recently reported that Sirius Minerals is to move from the Alternative Investment...
March 29, 2017
Owens v Owens: CGT on divorce
The recent Court of Appeal decision in Owens v Owens [2017] EWCA Civ 182...
March 23, 2017
Flat Broke: the new VAT rules
In some circumstances (principally, having turnover below £150,000 on entry) traders can elect to...
March 21, 2017
Gulliver’s Travel: reliance on domicile (and other) determinations
Stuart Gulliver is the well-known Group Chief Executive of HSBC. His business career has...
March 15, 2017
Gifts in memoriam
For some years now a reduced rate of IHT (36%) has applied to estates...
March 9, 2017
Going out with a whimper: Spring Budget 2017
Some good news for advisers. This was the Chancellor’s last Spring Budget: not because...
February 27, 2017
BKL Completes MBO of recruitment consultancy
BKL has advised the management team on the buy-out of Trillium Associates Limited from...