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2025 in review: Under construction - Tax investigations
Krishna Mahajan
13 December 2017
Smart Solutions for Later Living - The Way Forward?
Earlier this year Tony Blair commented on the influence of automation, artificial intelligence and big data and how this is going to transform the global economy. He drew our attention to Germany and their programme of digitalisation of industry, a programme which he believes will improve Germany’s ability to operate in the modern world. He compared this to the UK's challenges of redefining the welfare and retirement system. Mr Blair raised concerns that "the technology is revolutionising yet we are not even debating it."
13 December 2017
Protect your Property: 3 Simple Steps
Property fraud is on the rise (as I am sure you will have heard from many different sources recently), so much so that Land Registry has even introduced its own property fraud hotline.
22 November 2017
Budget 2017 - Stamp Duty Land Tax "abolished" for first time buyers
As part of the government’s commitment to “fix” the housing market, many had predicted that today’s budget would include SDLT reforms. The budget did not disappoint, introducing reforms for first time buyers, but did it go far enough?
14 November 2017
Is it RIP for the RPI?
Earlier this year, the Office for National Statistics published a statement saying that the Retail Price Index (RPI) "is a flawed measure of inflation with serious shortcomings and we do not recommend its use.”
8 November 2017
Beware the complexities of overage
The recent case of Sparks v Biden, in which the court implied a term into an option agreement, is another case in a long line which highlights the difficulties with agreeing and drafting overage provisions.
