Financial Services & Tax

Articles

Update: wills and probate

The last few months have produced contrasting decisions about the court's power to remove executors, a reappraisal of the criteria of testamentary capacity and a useful ruling on inheritance tax, says Helen Bryant

Strength to strength

The Bar must embrace change to strengthen its position in the face of recession and play its part to guarantee the survival of the legal aid system, says Nicholas Green QC

Loathe thy neighbour

Boundary disputes between neighbours should be kept out of the courts – practitioners have a duty to warn clients of the potentially costly consequences and to strongly recommend mediation, warns Paul Denham

Happy families

Family law reform featured high in the Conservative manifesto, along with tax reform, civil litigation costs and referral fees. Our regulars review the situation in the wake of the Lib/Con coalition

Update: tax and trusts

David Bird reviews the latest developments in tax and estate planning, including negligible value claims for CGT, inheritance taxand agricultural property relief

Courts cannot use secret procedures to hear ordinary civil claims

Courts cannot order “closed material procedures” when hearing ordinary civil claims, such as for damages or breach of statutory duty, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Judges have not "likened Christians to bigots"

Lord Justice Laws has hit back at claims made by former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey that judges are biased against Christians.

Manifest differences

How do the 'law and order' policies of the main parties compare? Lucy Corrin examines the manifestos