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Rayner my parade! The importance of specialist advice.
Jemma Brimblecombe
2 August 2016
Where there’s a surrogacy arrangement, there’s a Will
It has long been said that it takes a village to raise a child. It can now also be said that it takes a multi-disciplinary legal team to raise a child through a surrogacy arrangement.
29 July 2016
How can divorce and separation affect your relationship with HMRC?
Tax is rarely at the forefront of people’s minds at the end of a relationship. However, the breakdown of a relationship offers some tax planning opportunities which can reduce the tax payable on transfers of assets made as part of a divorce settlement and can affect how the settlement is structured.
28 July 2016
Government publishes guidance on changes to tax relief for residential landlords
In Budget 2016 the Government announced that from April 2017 the tax relief that landlords of residential properties get for finance costs will be restricted to the basic rate of income tax. On 20 July 2016, the new guidance was published and is summarised here.
14 July 2016
Providing for your Pokémon in your Will
Everyone is talking about Pokémon Go but no one is asking the most important question of all – what happens to your Pokémon when you die?
27 June 2016
LPAs – A Measure of Trust
We previously discussed the merits of having a Lasting Power of Attorney (“LPA”) in place sooner rather than later to safeguard against future loss of capacity, whether that is from dementia or from an accident. There has been an overall increase in LPAs registered with the Office of the Public Guardian (“OPG”), but only 15% of the over 75s have an LPA in place. It is very important that people have registered LPAs, but in light of recent statistics from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (“HSCIC”) the important message to those of you deciding who should be your attorney(s), is to choose somebody that you trust.
