Book Review – ‘Pension Choices – A Tax Guide 2013/2014’
The aim of this book is to assist personal financial planning by summarising the tax treatment of pensions up to the Finance Bill 2013, the law being stated as at 1 July 2013. Writing any [...]
Doing the splits – the Court of Appeal rules on split trials & preliminary issues
In inheritance disputes there is a tendency to throw the kitchen sink at litigation. Probably more than any other type of dispute, inheritance proceedings regularly include a multitude of [...]
Wills: capacity, knowledge and approval – Re Ashkettle decd, Ashkettle v Gwinnett
In this case the judge found evidence of actual lack of capacity rather than the propounder not being able to sufficiently show capacity. The medical history was quite clear: the Testator had [...]
Professional negligence: a warning for advisers
There has been a great deal in the media over the past months and indeed years about the efficacy of entering into anything other than 'vanilla' tax planning. There has also been such a [...]
Costs budgeting for trustees post 1st April 2013
Costs’ budgeting is now required knowledge for all trustees involved in after the 1st April 2013 pursuant to Civil Procedure Rule (CPR) parts 7, 8, 57 and 64 e.g. Beddoes applications, claims for [...]
Where has all our confidence gone – Is it time to invest again?
Most legal businesses have found making money difficult since the credit crunch and the subsequent economic slowdown which began in 2008. Many firms have faced falling fee income due to a drop in [...]
Tablet talk – what to buy the busy professional
The majority of us are moving away from our laptops and buying ourselves a tablet that is smaller and lighter to carry about but we still need to be able to work on the go.
