Features

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DAC in the game

2020-02-13T00:00:00Z

A new European directive seeks to boost transparency and to tackle what it sees as aggressive cross-border tax planning, by placing reporting obligations on intermediaries and taxpayers. Alberto Perez Cedillo explains

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Instruction manual

2020-02-13T00:00:00Z

Private client solicitors are increasingly requesting capacity assessments for their clients. Sophie O’Connell discusses how to instruct a mental capacity assessor with Judy Wurr and Sarah Post, both experienced independent mental capacity assessors

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Country life

2020-02-13T00:00:00Z

With the Office of Tax Simplification’s review of lifetime gifts and an ageing farming population, farmers will be considering making lifetime gifts and taking advantage of reliefs while still available. Julie Butler and Fred Butler look at areas of concern for the adviser

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Authority decision

2020-02-13T00:00:00Z

Leon Pickering examines a recent Court of Protection decision that raises significant implications relating to the authority of attorneys to use a donor’s money to benefit others

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Let it be

2020-02-13T00:00:00Z

In a sluggish property market, it may be tempting for fiduciaries to let a property rather than allow it to stand empty and drain the value of an estate. But, as Paul Saunders explains, there are issues to consider, and regulatory and financial implications if you get it wrong 

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Assessing the situation

2020-02-13T00:00:00Z

Professor Robin Jacoby discusses his long and varied career in medico-legal practice

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Prep talk

2020-02-13T00:00:00Z

Caroline Woodham reviews the second edition of a practical guide to preparing a will and avoiding the issues that can lead to litigation

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Generation gaps

2020-02-13T00:00:00Z

Paul Maddock discusses some of the legal and social issues faced by older LGBT+ people that can often be overlooked by private client solicitors

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Needs must

2020-02-13T00:00:00Z

For parents of children with learning needs, planning for the time when they are no longer able to care for them can be daunting and difficult. Nick Latimir, who has a child with autism, details some of the options available 

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A place in the sun

2020-02-13T00:00:00Z

Angharad Lynn looks at the issues involved when succession planning for clients with homes abroad

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Junior league

2020-02-13T00:00:00Z

An anonymous junior lawyer lists some of the things they wish they’d known when first starting out in their career in private client practice

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Get the message

2020-02-13T00:00:00Z

In the second of a two-part article on effective client communication, Fiona du Feu looks at the different – and not always obvious – ways in which clients may be vulnerable, and how your firm can best support them

Opinion

Morning matters

2020-02-13T00:00:00Z

Fiona Heald explains how we’re trialling a new early start for some Section events, based on feedback from last year’s equality and diversity survey