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The GDPR, trustees' lawyers and the right to resist subject access requests

The DPA 2018 broadens the 'legal privilege' defence to allow law firms to resist subject access requests to the extent that documents are the subject of a duty of confidentiality

Legal update

The GDPR, Dawson-Damer and a trustee's right to refuse disclosure

Must trustees and their advisors give information to beneficiaries if it is requested under data protection rules?

Legal update

A tax payer victory – Business Property Relief success

Having succeeded in a claim for Business Property Relief on a horse livery business at the First Tier Tribunal, Mrs Vigne’s executor has now succeeded at appeal in the Upper Tribunal.

13 December 2018

Legal update

Mixed funds and cleansing: non-doms must act soon to avoid missed opportunity

Combining the mixed fund rules and the cleansing rules presents opportunities, but non-doms must act now as the chance to 'cleanse' mixed funds is only available until 5 April 2019.

23 November 2018

Legal update

Last Chance Saloon: the new "Requirement to Correct" offshore tax matters

If your affairs involve income or assets outside the UK and your UK tax filings up to 5 April 2017 for these offshore matters are not perfect, from 30 September 2018 you face stringent new penalties.

06 September 2018

Legal update

Requirement to Correct: when to register

HMRC have released revised guidance on the Requirement to Correct which appears to extend the disclosure period in which lower penalties apply.

Legal update

Requirement to Correct: last chance saloon if you have a US account

HMRC is writing to UK residents who have accounts in the US. If you have received income or gains on a US account you should, in most cases, have declared these on your UK tax returns.

Legal update

Should the state stand in the way of dissolving unhappy marriages?

This article assesses the impact of the Supreme Court’s judgment in Owens v Owens and the resulting shift in emphasis in terms of the way such cases are approached by specialist family lawyers.

Legal update

Holiday cottages tax: IHT relief not just a theory

A case this year has at long last seen HMRC lose a challenge on the availability of IHT relief on a holiday cottage business.

Legal update

New ILR residence requirements for dependants

Recent changes in the immigration rules will mean that dependants, as well as visa holders, will need to spend significant time in the UK if they want to qualify for indefinite leave to remain.

21 December 2017

Legal update

Grazing Licences – avoiding the tax traps

Grazing licences are often used for short term occupational agreements. The content and operation of those licences must be carefully considered to make sure they are tax efficient.

22 November 2017

Legal update

Trust update: no more "washing out" distributions and a new tax on gifts from abroad

The draft Finance Bill will curtail tax planning for offshore trusts. Distributions to non-UK residents will no longer reduce accumulated gains and residents could be taxed on receipt of onward gifts.

03 November 2017

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