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    Monthly Archive for: "January, 2015"
     Tax Free Cash Opportunity – Section 32 Buy-Out and Executive Pension Plans

    Tax Free Cash Opportunity – Section 32 Buy-Out and Executive Pension Plans

    January 29, 2015

    The Government outlined a raft of pension legislation changes in the March 2014 Budget Statement, some of which have come into effect. Buried within the legislation are temporary changes to a [...]

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       Book Review: Probate Disputes and Remedies

      Book Review: Probate Disputes and Remedies

      January 29, 2015

      This broad book which is an extensive collaboration involving a series of lawyers (mainly from Withers, but not exclusively) is well written, well researched and up to date.

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         Why might 2015 see more IPFD Act 1975 claims than ever before?

        Why might 2015 see more IPFD Act 1975 claims than ever before?

        January 28, 2015

        The 1975 Act provides for six categories of applicant. Amendment to the statutory language has expanded, two of these and a recent case has demonstrated the a third might be interpreted far more [...]

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           Stop! Put down that USB stick

          Stop! Put down that USB stick

          January 27, 2015

          Are you sure you know how safe your USB stick is? Do you really think that you should plug that into your network? Those of you who work in large firms will be used to your USB sockets being [...]

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             Capacity to Make a Will – The True Test

            Capacity to Make a Will – The True Test

            January 26, 2015

            Is the correct test for capacity in relation to making a Will the traditional common law test of Banks v Goodfellow or the test under the Mental Capacity Act 2005?

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               Protecting shareholders or their estate representatives from liability & fraud

              Protecting shareholders or their estate representatives from liability & fraud

              January 23, 2015

              Medallion signature guarantees are unique to the transfer of securities in the US and Canada. If you are administering an estate with shares listed in North America, the chances are you will need [...]

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                 Re Beaney is still the test for capacity to make lifetime gifts; not MCA 2005

                Re Beaney is still the test for capacity to make lifetime gifts; not MCA 2005

                January 22, 2015

                This case of a lifetime gift of the proceeds of sale of the deceased’s house to her sole surviving daughter considers the interplay between the common law test for capacity to make a significant [...]

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                   Is living in the same household the same as living under the same roof?

                  Is living in the same household the same as living under the same roof?

                  January 20, 2015

                  The judge in this appeal case had to consider the preliminary issue of whether a claimant fulfilled the criteria for the provisions of the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act [...]

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                     Split Capital Investment Trusts for beginners

                    Split Capital Investment Trusts for beginners

                    January 16, 2015

                    When you invest in a portfolio, you invest the money, and get your return by collecting the dividends and eventually selling the assets to get cash back at the end. Split Capital Investment [...]

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                       Principal Private Residence relief – the importance of ‘status’

                      Principal Private Residence relief – the importance of ‘status’

                      January 13, 2015

                      The First-tier tax tribunal was asked to consider whether Principal Private Residence (‘PPR’) relief was still available where the seller of part of her garden allowed the purchaser to begin [...]

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