Relevant Realistic Solutions

4 March

Mental capacity is critical to making a Will. The concept is known as 'testamentary capacity' and concerns the ability of a person (the testator) to make a Will. Many disputes... Read More

3 March

Drafting contracts requires anticipating the future. Your legal team need to be thinking about the events which can cost you.  If you are not properly protected, Coronavirus has the potential... Read More

26 February

In the first of these two articles, James Greig gave a light-hearted defence of inheritance tax (IHT) in its current form, before conceding that change had to happen. You can... Read More

25 February

Where a UK company is funded by off-shore loans, payments of interest – even to an intra-group lender – will be subject to UK withholding tax. However, the tax withholding... Read More

25 February

With the Government’s announcement of its new points-based system for EU workers comes a strong degree of anxiety – for individuals and businesses alike, and particularly the care and hospitality... Read More

24 February

There may have been a few sore heads on 1 February this year, but the reality is the time at which we left the EU on 31 January probably passed... Read More

24 February

Judgment was handed down in the case of Akhter v Khan recently, confirming that religious marriage ceremonies performed in England and Wales are not valid marriages. What did the case... Read More

18 February

A recent planning inspector's decision involving a Facebook post highlights the wide range of dating evidence that can be relied on to prove that unauthorised development is immune from planning... Read More

17 February

I have been a fan of the Bafta-winning comedy drama Cold Feet since the first series which aired back in 1998, when I was at university.   The programme is now... Read More