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From garage to unicorn – Employment law lessons for scaling tech teams
Catherine Bourne
22 August 2017
Powers of attorney: too risky?
The recently retired Senior Judge of the Court of Protection, Judge Denzil Lush, caused a stir on the Today Programme last week by criticising the lack of safeguards in powers of attorney and saying that he would not sign one himself. Judge Lush also contrasted this with the appointment of a professional deputyship as a “safer” alternative.
21 August 2017
The residence nil rate band - do I qualify?
Stephanie Mooney talks about changes to the residence nil rate band as part of the LexisNexis private client hot topics series.
14 June 2017
Wills and inheritance: 10 Cross-border Tips
A long qualified colleague of mine recalls a time when he rarely encountered private clients with cross-border concerns. Those ‘unusual’ cases only involved just one international asset – a holiday home in Spain or France. Gone are those days. Indeed, scarce now are the days in central London private client practice when we work on client matters that have no international dimension.
30 May 2017
The difficulties (but not impossibility) of challenging wills prepared by solicitors
In recent years we have noticed an increase in claims being brought which challenge the validity of a will. The reasons for this increase have been previously commented on by many, but the general feeling is that an increasing elderly population, an increase in the diagnosis of medical conditions such as dementia, and even perhaps a growing sense of entitlement by hopeful beneficiaries are all contributing factors.
15 May 2017
United Arab Emirates - the latest "tax haven" to sign up to enhanced tax transparency
On the 21 April 2017, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) officially signed up to the Multinational Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters.
