PARLIAMENT Recent Legislation Effective Date Effect Pension Schemes Act 2021 (Royal Assent 11/01/2021) – key provisions: Climate Change 1/10/2021 Climate Change Regulations imposing reporting obligations on large… Read more →
We are increasingly seeing issues around how investment loss is calculated where there are delays in transferring a pension from one provider to another when pension transfers haven’t gone according… Read more →
The more one looks at the night sky the more stars appear, just like new developments the pensions universe! Below are a few selected super stars likely to blaze a… Read more →
The Ministry of Justice (“MOJ“) recently issued a consultation on modernising Lasting Powers of Attorney (“LPAs“). The stated goals are to increase safeguards and improve the process of making and… Read more →
The unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic has impacted us all in so many ways – for some of us this extends to influencing new philanthropic ideas or even spurring some into finally… Read more →
In this regular column, Solicitor Abigail Pearson gives five top tips on a range of Private Client topics. Wills for Cross-Border Estates When an individual owns assets in multiple jurisdictions,… Read more →
In January 2018, the Government suggested in its 25 Year Environment Plan that conservation covenants could be used to enable landowners to make agreements with responsible bodies creating legally binding… Read more →
One of the greatest challenges facing executors (and to a lesser extent trustees) is claims by disappointed beneficiaries and those parties who have not been included in the beneficial class… Read more →
The news that Emilia Petrossian has been appointed as a Trademark Attorney within the firm’s IP & Commercial group, is highlighted by Edward Fennell in his Legal Diary. To read… Read more →