12/17/2018 12:00:00 AM When executors come to blows By HKOne It was reported last month that the architect Zaha Hadid's executors have fallen out, prompting one of them, Patrik Schumacher, to start...
12/12/2018 12:00:00 AM Top tips for hiring domestic staff By HKOne Few hiring decisions are as personal or as high-stakes as employing somebody to work in your home, whether it's to look after children or...
12/11/2018 12:00:00 AM 'Golden visas' weighing heavily on the Home Office: continued confusion over the Tier 1 schemes By HKOne What with all the Brexit concerns regarding EEA nationals, you could almost forgive the Home Office for its collective mind being...
12/11/2018 12:00:00 AM Attorneys - know your limits! By Emily Mailer This article in the FT highlights some alarming statistics about the increase in court actions against people with a lasting power of...
12/10/2018 12:00:00 AM Deja vu on stealth tax ? By John Annetts Is it deja vu? On Friday, the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments again questioned whether the Lord Chancellor was acting beyond...
12/6/2018 12:00:00 AM "Golden visas" lose their lustre: Tier 1 Investor scheme suspended By HKOne It was reported on 6 December 2018 that the Home Office had decided to suspend the Tier 1 (Investor) visa category, due to concerns that...
11/26/2018 12:00:00 AM Simplifying Inheritance Tax - Office of Tax Simplification publishes its report By HKOne Last week the Office of Tax Simplification released its report into how to simplify the inheritance tax (IHT) system. The main...
11/22/2018 12:00:00 AM Unexplained Wealth Orders By HKOne The decision of the High Court to uphold an Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) against Zamira Hajiyeva has been trumpeted as a huge success...
11/22/2018 12:00:00 AM A timely reminder that marriage revokes a Will By Naomi O'Higgins Many people are unaware that marriage has the effect of revoking a Will (unless the Will was prepared "in contemplation" of marriage")....
11/6/2018 12:00:00 AM Probate "tax" is back By John Annetts The government has resurrected their misguided increase in the probate fee structure which they initially shelved 18 months ago. However,...
11/1/2018 12:00:00 AM Is IHT simplification on the horizon? By HKOne So the Budget did not bring any significant changes to Inheritance Tax (IHT) but are changes in the pipeline when the Office of Tax...
10/30/2018 12:00:00 AM Budget 2018 - Damp Squib? By John Annetts From a Private Wealth and capital taxes perspective, yesterday's Budget may have appeared a bit of a damp squib. There was some targeted...