This is a headache which started in 855 AD when King Ethelwulf, the father of King Alfred, granted to the church the right to receive taxes or “tithes”. Some medicine has recently been prescribed but, sad to say, the pain still persists. In 2003 the unfortunate Andrew and Gail Wallbank lost an action in the [...]

Background Many start-up firms struggle to raise the capital necessary in order to take new ideas or products to market. With the obvious risks involved in investing in companies with limited or no track records, only the most highly informed or deeply pocketed investors commonly have the appetite for the level of risk involved. With [...]

The Finance Acts of 2012 and 2013 include a number of changes to the way in which high value residential property is to be taxed. The new legislation has been designed to discourage buyers from buying and holding residential property using corporate entities in order to secure a tax advantage. It appears that the Government’s [...]

Three members of the MWW Private Client Team were at the recent Law Society Private Client Section Conference in London to meet fellow members of the PC Section and hear the keynote speech from the Legal Ombudsman as well as the launch of the Law Society Wills and Inheritance Quality accreditation scheme, due to come [...]