Is the sun setting on offshore secrecy?
The move by MPs to require British Overseas Territories to introduce a register of companies’ beneficial ownership is probably inevitable…
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Alzheimer’s and the blur between wills and marriage
Family disputes about wills and inheritance are never pleasant, but made worse when a relative’s mental capacity is questioned, writes…
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Should the rich fear for the future of privacy?
After a transparency drive, is there hope for HNWs’ privacy, asks Spear’s law columnist Ceris Gardner We live in schizophrenic…
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Why it makes sense for wealthy Scots to move south
Scotland’s highest earners are paying more tax than their counterparts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, with government tax rates…
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Top rate tax now a bane for many more Britons
As more than a sixth of the UK population are now top-earners, it’s time to slash the top rate tax…
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Why you should keep track of your most critical digital assets
Online assets reflect on a person’s wealth, estates, tax status and reputational value, being on top of them all is…
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Presley case exposes trusts hazards
It is important to choose trustees carefully to ensure the trust will be managed properly, and the risk of future…
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How to improve ‘migraine-inducing’ inheritance tax
The Office of Tax Simplification needs help to untangle a mess 200 years in the making, writes Arabella Murphy Americans…
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In new drive, MPs push for greater tax transparency
Cross-party parliamentarians are insisting that current measures to tackle financial foul play are insufficient, but have they even had a…
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‘Sibling couples’ could be entitled to tax relief
Philip Hammond’s Tax Review could be a boon to cohabiting ‘sibling couples’, writes Rebecca Waterhouse In a letter to the…
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Experts warn Hammond over IHT review
Is the chancellor Philip Hammond’s call for a review of the inheritance tax system a smokescreen for raising revenue or…
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How to challenge a will under ‘undue influence’
A recent case highlights the complexities of challenging a will on the ground of the testator being subject to poisonous…
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UK property owners may need to file more than one tax return
Non-UK residents must be wary of a 30-day deadline for filing tax returns under the non-resident capital gains tax (‘NRCGT’)…
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Here’s how HMRC is billing Brexiteers
An obscure inheritance tax law is allowing the Revenue to punish those who donated to the Vote Leave campaign, in…
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Some English law caveats for Meghan Markle
Moving to the UK to marry the prince (or ‘commoner’) of your dreams loved one may not be as simple…
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What Countess Bathurst’s battle with stepson teaches us
The widow of the 8th Earl Bathurst’s High Court battle over access to her late husband’s stately home shines light…
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The Chancellor played both Santa and Scrooge in the Budget
Phillip Hammond’s budget announcement might have fulfilled the Christmas wishlist of millennial buyers, but the same could not be said…
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A call for fairness on tax transparency
The global tax transparency drive is plotting a dangerous course that might bring more unfairness to HNW taxpayers, says Spear’s…
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How sham trusts served ‘Putin’s banker’
The case of the Russian billionaire Sergei Pugachev raises important points on why the power of settlors should be kept…
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Is that the end of Lewis Hamilton’s knighthood?
Reputations are on the line following the ‘Paradise Papers’, and rightly so, writes Emelia Hamilton-Russell The release of millions of…
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