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Rayner my parade! The importance of specialist advice.
Jemma Brimblecombe
22 April 2022
Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 – The Long-Awaited Introduction of the Register of Overseas Entities
The Government has for some time promised to introduce a register requiring overseas entities holding UK property to identify its beneficial owners, in its effort to increase transparency in UK property ownership and reduce the attraction of the UK’s property market to money launderers. Indeed, we last blogged about the potential overseas entities register in May 2019. With UK-based entities subject to strict information-sharing requirements since 2016 (in the form of the register of People with Significant Control or “PSC Register”), many have been calling for an equivalent overseas entities register to be implemented to provide a way of tracking overseas owners who ultimately own and control UK land.
10 February 2022
HNWs and Philanthropic giving
Laura Harper was delighted to be invited to talk to the editor of ‘Wealthbriefing’ recently about the important topic of philanthropic giving by HNW individuals and families.
25 January 2022
Digital legacy planning and Apple’s new feature
Apple officially released its ‘Digital Legacy’ feature on 13 December 2021. This permits individuals who have been nominated by the deceased to access the deceased’s accounts and data after their death. Diva Shah examines the impact of this new feature and its implications for Private Client practitioners in matters of estate planning where digital assets are involved.
23 December 2021
Vaccinations for carers
The UK government introduced new legislation that will require those working in care homes to be double vaccinated against coronavirus. This has been implemented through the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) that came into effect on the 11th November 2021. This regulation is applied to England only.
9 November 2021
IHT - no news is surely good news?
While IHT escaped major changes in the Autumn Budget the Chancellor could be tempted to tweak the framework for IHT in future, writes James Ward. But what playbook would he use?
