Tax and Financial Planning

The First-tier Tribunal (FTT) has found that a repayment of Income Tax due to a taxpayer who had died during the relevant tax year formed part of her estate for...

A guide to issues relating to property boundaries is available on the government’s website. The guide notes that, in England and Wales, there is usually no record of the...

The Family Court has rejected a husband’s application to set aside a financial remedy order made in his absence after he ceased to participate in the final hearing. The...

The best way to minimise the risk of a successful challenge to your will is to have it drawn up by a qualified solicitor. Recently, a woman’s challenge to her...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has outlined plans to reform the mortgage market, which could make it easier for first-time buyers and self-employed people to purchase properties. The reforms also...

When patients lack capacity to decide whether to undergo medical treatment, the Court of Protection is often called upon to decide what is in their best interests. Recently, the Court...

The High Court has refused a mother’s application for her five-year-old daughter’s return to Dubai, instead granting an application by the girl’s father for her to remain in England. ...

The Upper Tribunal (UT) has granted a landowner’s application to modify a restrictive covenant to allow a small bungalow to be constructed in place of a workshop. The landowner...

The manager of a care home has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison for forging the will of an elderly woman who lived in the home....

A taxpayer has successfully argued before the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) that a company’s purchase of shares he owned in it was wholly or mainly for the purpose of benefiting its...