Wedlake Bell Insights

    • Building Safety Act
    • Nov 29, 2024

    Building Safety Act in practice: Questions & answers

    We set out below the questions asked at our seminar “Building Safety Act In Practice” and our answers to them. For further information please visit Wedlake Bell construction team insights on our BSA microsite, which covers many topics: Building Safety

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    • Insights
    • Nov 11, 2024

    Asertis Ltd & Anor v Melhuish & Ors

    Solstice Limited did insurance surveying and repairs for insurance companies. Mr and Mrs Melhuish and Mrs Bowman, their daughter, were all directors of the company at some time. On 19 March 2021 an order was made under s 236 Insolvency

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    • In Trust
    • Nov 11, 2024

    School fees and education trusts

    The Autumn Budget 2024 included confirmation that the tax break currently enjoyed by private schools will be removed and value added tax (VAT) will apply to fees from January 2025. Wealth transfer between generations can help fund school fees as

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    • In Trust
    • Nov 11, 2024

    Autumn Budget 2024: Property taxes

    The Budget delivered by Rachel Reeves on 30 October 2024 was one of the most anticipated of recent times. Whilst significant fiscal changes affecting the property market were unlikely, there was an expectation that there would be an increase in

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    • In Trust
    • Nov 11, 2024

    In Trust – Autumn Budget 2024: Inheritance tax and capital gains tax planning points

    The headline for Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ first Budget on 30 October 2024 (“the Budget“) was “Fixing the Foundations to deliver Change” and, as expected, there were significant changes announced that affect private clients and their personal taxation. This article provides

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    • In Trust
    • Nov 11, 2024

    In Trust – Ask the expert

    I am a farmer owning an agricultural estate worth several million. How will the inheritance tax changes announced in the Autumn Budget affect me and can I do anything to minimise the extra tax my estate may need to pay?

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    • In Trust
    • Nov 11, 2024

    In Trust – Welcome from the editor

    The Autumn Budget on 30 October 2024 (“the Autumn Budget“) introduced a myriad of tax changes designed to address economic inequality, reduce the so-called “black hole” in the national finances and fund public services, while also influencing the financial landscape

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    • Legal Podcast
    • Nov 6, 2024

    The Business of Succession podcast – Episode 1

    “We see shareholder disputes arising due to a lack of transparency and either actual mismanagement or fears of mismanagement.” In our first Business of Succession interview, we asked Ed Starling, Head of Disputes, why shareholder disputes generally arise and how

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    • Insights
    • Nov 5, 2024

    Maxima Creditor Resolutions Ltd v Fealy & Anor

    There are three exceptions to the general rule on the use of a prohibited name: (1) use pursuant to a sale or acquisition from the liquidator of the whole, or substantially the whole, of the insolvent company (r 22.4 Insolvency

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    • In Trust
    • Oct 31, 2024

    Autumn Budget 2024: Fixing the foundations to deliver change?

    This was the headline for Rachel Reeves’s first Budget. She spoke for one and half hours in a wide ranging speech which contained many of the changes announced during the last few weeks but also some surprises.  We set out

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