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SDLT 3% surcharge on inherited properties
The 3% stamp duty land tax (SDLT) surcharge can now apply to additional residential properties and inherited properties can be relevant. Let us take the example of Kirstie, who is...
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Speed dating for property partners
Would you buy a house with a complete stranger? In a recent survey by HSBC 59% of 18-40 year olds said that they were at least ‘open to the idea’...
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An Expensive Obligation: reasonable endeavours as soon as reasonably practicable
In the recent High Court case of Gaia v Abbeygate [i], a developer was found not to have made reasonable endeavours to fulfil conditions of a contract as soon as...
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Maintenance is not a “meal ticket for life”
Waggott v Waggott [2018] EWCA Civ 727. In a recent case heard by the Court of Appeal, involving a multi-millionaire couple; the Court provided a clear approach for the treatment...
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Must employers consider bumping in a redundancy situation?
In Mirab v Mentor Graphics (UK) Ltd the EAT confirmed that there is no general rule that an employer is only required to consider bumping if it is raised by...
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Commercial agents and software – back to where we were
We reported previously on the High Court decision in The Software Incubator Ltd v Computer Associates UK Limited, which seemed to clarify a longstanding area of uncertainty in the Commercial...
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Changes to taxation of termination payments
Where employment has ended and a termination payment is made on or after 6 April 2018, the Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 inserts new provisions into the Income Tax (Earnings...
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Private Client Issues – April 2018
Welcome to this month's edition of Private Client Issues, Blake Morgan's monthly round-up of the topics you may find of interest. ATED – Returns are now due The Annual Tax...
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Blake Morgan announced as a top firm for private clients: eprivateclient Awards 2018
Blake Morgan has been ranked, once again, as a ‘top law firm for private clients’. Announced today [9 April], the eprivateclient awards recognise the UK's leading law firms based on...
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TPAS shifts pension complaints function to The Pensions Ombudsmen
The dispute resolution function of The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) is to be absorbed by The Pensions Ombudsmen and will become the single point of contact for all pension dispute...
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Are you ready for higher automatic enrolment contributions from 6 April?
As many employers will know, on 6 April 2018, and then again on 6 April 2019, the minimum contributions to a pension scheme for the purposes of the automatic enrolment...
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Protecting Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
Following its Green Paper on Security and Sustainability in Defined Benefit Pension Schemes in February last year, the DWP (Department for Work and Pensions) has now published its white paper...
