Recent Features and Opinion
On the borders
Alberto Perez Cedillo presents his highlights of this year’s Private Client Section Cross border conference
Regime change
Many European countries have marital property regimes which govern the ownership of property between spouses. While there are no such regimes in the UK, new EU regulations will still affect British couples with property abroad. Nicole Gallop Mildon and Álvaro Aznar Azcárate explain
Back to basics: Drafting wills for overseas jurisdictions
Daniel Harris recaps the main legal issues affecting the writing of wills to cover cross-border assets
Domicile effect
Government proposals for the taxation of non-domiciled individuals who have been long-term UK residents have been scrapped, reversed and postponed, leading to a whirlwind of changes taking effect retrospectively from 6 April 2017. Annie Bouch outlines some of the key changes
Lay of the land
Land transaction tax, the first new Welsh tax in 800 years, is set to replace stamp duty land tax in Wales from 1 April 2018. Andrew Evans explains how it will work in practice
Changing the channel
The law relating to mental capacity in Jersey is set for a shake-up in April, when a new act comes into force to assist those who no longer have capacity to deal with their affairs. Victoria Grogan runs through the legislation’s talking points
Standard fare
Over 100 countries have signed up for the Common Reporting Standard to automatically exchange tax information. But in a complex international tax regime, what is the solicitor’s role? Yasmin Metcalfe outlines the main principles of the standard
Cross purposes
Alberto Perez Cedillo reports back from the latest Cross Border Conference, held at the Law Society in March
Spanish ties
Roaring succession
The devil’s in the detail
A taxing issue
Immovable object
Freedom come?
Workshops
In with the new
Foreign affair
Back to basics: Residence and domicile
Crossing the borders
Raising the FBAR
Take care
Annual Conference 2014: Offshore issues for onshore practitioners
Tied up in knots
Back to Basics: FATCA and UK trusts