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City law firm Wedlake Bell has promoted six lawyers to its partnership in its latest promotion round. The promotions span the breath of its practices from Commercial Disputes to Residential… Read more →
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“We might now see him focusing on his own foundation to ensure ongoing involvement and to develop a framework which will outlive him.” Senior Associate Kate Johnson’s comments discussing Jess… Read more →
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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 →
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Many clients wish to include charities in their Wills, either to receive legacies or as main beneficiaries. Senior Associate Kate Johnson has written about the upward trend for charitable giving… Read more →
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Stephen Hawking’s wheelchair, a pair of his glasses, scientific bets signed with a thumbprint, papers on theoretical physics and even his scripts from The Simpsons are amongst the items that… Read more →
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Whilst we have all stayed put in recent months as a consequence of swathes of restrictions on global travel that have been in place at various times during the COVID-19… Read more →
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In April 2021, Samsung announced that, following the death of its chairman last year, his heirs will be facing one of the world’s largest ever inheritance tax bills – a… Read more →
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Think the elusive artist has automatic rights to their famous murals? It’s a bit more complicated than that. Jack Martin and Kate Johnson break it down. In law, land includes buildings and fixtures. Once… Read more →
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In April 2019, H M Treasury published its consultation concerning the government’s approach and its plans for the implementation of the EU Fifth Money Laundering Directive (5MLD) into national law.… Read more →
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6 April 2019 brought in the start of the new tax year and with it yet another change to the taxation of UK property – namely, a widening of the… Read more →
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Irrespective of political views, most people agree that we are living in uncertain and changing times. Might immigration rights change? Will we see changes to the rates of personal and… Read more →
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The article was originally published by eprivateclient on 28/11/2018. The domicile trap – Meghan Markle It has been reported that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have instructed a firm… Read more →
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The article was orignally published by the Professional Adviser on 22 August 2018. Kate Johnson: HMRC’s Requirement to Correct rules explained Time is running out… “Clients should be encouraged to make use… Read more →
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H M Revenue and Customs (“HMRC“) has launched a new regime to encourage UK taxpayers to disclose undeclared offshore assets before 30 September 2018. This also applies to trustees of… Read more →
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Background In 2013, George Osborne announced in his Autumn Statement that a new capital gains tax (CGT) charge would be introduced from April 2015 in relation to non-UK residents who… Read more →
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Background Back in 2008 the Finance Act introduced sweeping changes to the way non-UK domiciled individuals resident in the UK were to be taxed. The Government’s principal objective was to… Read more →