Wife Entitled to Maintenance Until Sale of Family Home
When divorcing couples disagree on how assets should be divided, the courts will seek to arrive at a fair outcome for both parties. In deciding how the proceeds of sale...
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Continue readingWhen a man inherited a property, he and his wife rented it out and later put it on the market for sale. In May 2010, they exchanged contracts for sale....
Continue readingAn essential role of government is to ensure that companies do not operate against the public interest and tight regulatory regimes exist to prevent this, particularly where investments are concerned...
Continue readingTwo recent surveys have underlined the importance to younger people of getting away from what is increasingly seen as a ‘rent trap’, in which the high cost of rentals prevents...
Continue readingIt seems trite to say that the law is what the law is, but in cases where a decision is reached that is correct under the law but which seems...
Continue readingData published recently show that the new £100,000 additional ‘private residence’ exemption for Inheritance Tax (IHT), which is due to be introduced in April 2017 and will increase thereafter, could...
Continue readingEntering into tax avoidance schemes is not for the faint-hearted and, once embarked upon, they can be very difficult to leave. In one case, participants in two such schemes failed...
Continue readingCapital Gains Tax (CGT) is a complex tax, but the guiding principle is straightforward. It taxes gains on the disposal of non-trading assets. For a person, profits on trading transactions...
Continue readingInheritance Tax (IHT) is an increasingly significant problem for many people, but it is also sometimes described as a ‘voluntary tax’ because it is a tax that, with proper forward...
Continue readingMany wills involve a degree of planning for Inheritance Tax (IHT) as well as just the appropriate division of the estate, but for any plan to be effective, it is...
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