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Giving thought to how best to use your annual tax exemptions now means that later in the year, you can benefit from all the appropriate exemptions and reliefs that are available to you. You will avoid having to rush things when 5 April looms, or worse, finding then that you are not in a position to make the most of your tax free allowances.

You may have seen reports that the Office of Tax...

If you are going through a separation, it is particularly important to be extra vigilant about the way you live your life online.

It is widely reported that fraudsters have successfully accessed a great deal of personal and financial information through social engineering and data breaches, but have you considered that a former partner could potentially access the same personal and financial...

Our conveyancing teams work closely with our Family Law team when it comes to advising or dealing with the family home. This may relate to the protection of rights where one party is not on the title of the family home, dealing with a transfer of equity or sale or advising on other aspects such as Stamp Duty Land Tax.

A transfer of any property subject to a mortgage will require the...

On Friday 5 April 2019, the President of the Family Division, The Rt Hon Sir Andrew McFarlane, gave his keynote address at this year’s National Conference, hosted by Resolution, a national organisation of some 6,500 family lawyers and other professionals. The premise of which, was to address reform and improvement to the family law justice system.

Resolution, is committed to the...

“No one can see a bubble. That’s what makes it a bubble” [The Big Short]. But is buy-to-let one such bubble?

In January 2019, This Is Money reported, “How Britain’s £239bn buy-to-let bubble burst: Our devastating report reveals landlords ruined by tax penalties - and their pension plans hit”. Yet, our experience, and that of our specialist lending...

The Supreme Court heard the appeal in Tillman v Egon Zehnder Limited at the end of January. The judgment has recently been handed down and has significant implications for the law of non-compete clauses in employment cases.

Non-compete clauses

In an employment context, a non-compete clause is a restriction prohibiting an individual from competing with their former employer’s business....

The Equality Act 2010 prevents discrimination on the grounds of protected characteristics – age; disability; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and maternity; race; religion or belief; sex; and sexual orientation.

Employers must take particular care when handling redundancies because while seeking to avoid discrimination against one employee, it is easy inadvertently to...

Declarations of Trust (formal written agreements regulating the arrangements between two or more (typically unmarried) co-owners of property) are often overlooked when people buy a property together. If you co-own a property with someone, then you need to be clear about what you each own and are responsible for (although they can have a role as part of efficient tax and estate planning)....

We are delighted to announce that our very own Enrico Montana in our Wimbledon office has been shortlisted in the 2019 Merton Best Business Awards for the category for Best Apprentice of the Year, which is great recognition for Enrico as he often goes the extra mile for his colleagues.

Winners will be announced at the Gala Awards Dinner on Thursday 26 September 2019 at the All England Lawn...

At its best, “leasehold” property is a simple concept – it refers to a long lease of land (residential or commercial) which ends at some future point, when the property will return to the landlord. However, the complexities of leasehold ownership and the surrounding law are rarely straightforward. There has been much in the national press over the course of many months...