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    Monthly Archive for: "June, 2013"
     Record the Gifts and Loans

    Record the Gifts and Loans

    June 20, 2013

    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 [...]

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       How having a UK home could be a problem

      How having a UK home could be a problem

      June 20, 2013

      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 [...]

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         Is your firm really financially stable?

        Is your firm really financially stable?

        June 20, 2013

        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 [...]

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           Gifts Made in Contemplation of Death: Donatio Mortis Causa and Vallee v Birchwood [2013] EWHC 1449 (Ch)

          Gifts Made in Contemplation of Death: Donatio Mortis Causa and Vallee v Birchwood [2013] EWHC 1449 (Ch)

          June 14, 2013

           A gift made in contemplation of death (donatio mortis causa) is neither entirely made inter vivos nor testamentary. It must be made in contemplation, though not necessarily in expectation, of [...]

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             Wills, Knowledge And Approval – Paynter & Or v Hinch [2013] EWHC 13 (Ch)

            Wills, Knowledge And Approval – Paynter & Or v Hinch [2013] EWHC 13 (Ch)

            June 10, 2013

            A Testator may want to prefer one child to others which can lead to argument between the children, but that preference in itself does not automatically show that they lacked knowledge and [...]

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               Is Going For Growth The Answer To High Street Solicitor Blues?

              Is Going For Growth The Answer To High Street Solicitor Blues?

              June 7, 2013

              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 [...]

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                 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

                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

                June 3, 2013

                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 [...]

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