Posts from November 2015
Irwin Mitchell
Documents rectified by court following mistake by advisor
A helpful judgment summarizing the circumstances where documents can be rectified to give effect to the parties intentions following a...
09/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
Mental health crisis?
Mental health is not always taken as seriously as it should and the term crisis is unfortunately correctly used. However there is way...
09/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
Jewish Court names and shames man for refusing to give his wife a Get
In an unusual step, the London beth din has decided to name and shame a Jewish man for refusing to grant his wife a Get for the last 15...
09/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
BVI requires compulsory register of directors
As of 1 January 2016, beneficial ownership information of BVI companies will be required to be held within the BVI and relevant...
06/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
Capital gains tax is the fast growing tax
HMRC's capital gains tax take has risen 43 percent in the last year. Why? Well, the increase is due to property and shares increasing...
05/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
Window of opportunity to maximise pension relief
George Osborne's decision to review pension reliefs early next year gives a few more months in which to ensure that you have claimed the...
05/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
HMRC wins the Rangers tax appeal!
The Court of Session has confirmed that HMRC has won the case against Rangers football club. The court has confirmed that payments in to...
04/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
Rangers lose at home.
Rangers lose their latest appeal on the improper use of EBTs. I can not imagine it was a shock result. HMRC are never happier than when...
04/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
Premier-league footballer successful in halving £60k p.a. child maintenance
The case of Re TW and TM (Minors) [2015] EWHC 3054 (Fam)is an appeal by the father against child maintenance orders made under Schedule 1...
04/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
Changes to buy-to-let mortgages
From 21 March 2016 new rules will regulate buy-to-let mortgages. There will be two types of buy-to-let borrowers - consumer and...
03/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
Do you have a Will?
Why make a Will? Research shows that less than one third of adults have made Wills and one in six Wills are out of date. If you do...
03/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
Justice Mostyn attacks 'abysmal' litigant in person
In the recent case of Veluppillai v Veluppillai [2015] EWHC 3095 (Fam) the husband, a litigant in person, was heavily criticised for...
03/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
Number of Will Disputes Increasing.
The increasing number of post-death disputes is not due to a change in the law but as a result of our changing demographic and social...
03/11/15