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The Law Society held their annual Private Client Section conference on 1 and 2 July, which rounded off with a talk on the future of legal...

Back in December 2020, just before the end of the Brexit transition period which marked the final withdrawal of the UK from the EU's...

The UK Government has announced that the temporary concession on remote right to work checks will now continue until at least 5 April...

Purchasing “an interest in at least two dwellings” lowers the rate of stamp duty land tax (SDLT) that you will pay due to a relief known...

As the latest series of the US TV programme Succession airs and viewers are yet again drawn into the complex lives of the Roy family...

HMRC v Sukhdev Mattu [2021] UKUT 0245 (TCC) is a recent application by HMRC to apply a tax-related penalty on Mr Mattu for alleged...

The London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) is one of the main interest rate benchmarks used in financial markets, determining interest...

When the UK left the UK-EU transition period on 31 December 2021, it ended free trade of goods and services with a trading bloc of 450m...

A recent High Court judgment has ruled against the UK Government: this has some interesting implications for those EEA/Swiss nationals...

Just before Christmas 2022, the High Court ruled against the Home Office on the legality of the two step EU Settlement Scheme application...

Mutual wills are the stuff of legal cautionary tales. These unusual devices typically involve a married couple entering into wills in...

Just before Christmas 2022, the High Court ruled against the Home Office on the legality of the two-step EU Settlement Scheme application...

  The “final text” of the amending directive (AIFMD II) on the amendment of Directive 2011/61/EU on alternative investment fund managers...

After much speculation concerning significant reforms to inheritance tax (IHT) - including a cut to the headline rate, an increase to the...

This week's announcements that the Labour Party plans on strengthening the current Government’s proposed reforms to the non-dom regime...

UPDATE: From 15 February 2021, new guidance is in effect - please see our updated note here: Covid-19 UK travel restrictions and...