Record the Gifts and Loans
A recent case Silber has highlighted the need to evidence all gifts and loans and make it clear whether the transaction is a gift or a loan. This case has highlighted the position on loans at the [...]
How having a UK home could be a problem
This is an update article on the new statutory residence test Introduction As previously reported, the UK is introducing a statutory residence test (‘SRT’) for UK tax purposes. The new SRT [...]
Is your firm really financially stable?
The SRA is probably right to be concerned about the financial stability of many law firms. If a firm collapses, this is likely to be painful for everyone in the firm but it is also difficult for [...]
Gifts Made in Contemplation of Death: Donatio Mortis Causa and Vallee v Birchwood [2013] EWHC 1449 (Ch)
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Wills, Knowledge And Approval – Paynter & Or v Hinch [2013] EWHC 13 (Ch)
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Is Going For Growth The Answer To High Street Solicitor Blues?
I attended the Law Society ‘Going for Growth’ seminar recently, organised by the new Small Firms Division and the Law Management Section. Fascinating. We enjoyed a real mixture of helpful comment [...]
Statutory Wills – NT v FS and others [2013] EWHC 684 (COP) – determining what was in the best interests of a mentally incapacitated person who needed a Will
The Court of Protection authorised: an application by a Deputy to execute a statutory Will on behalf of a mentally incapacitated person FS (‘F’); and, a lifetime gift of £50,000 to his mother TS [...]
