The Bribery Act 2010, came into force on 1 July 2011. The Act repeals all previous statutory and common law provisions in relation to bribery. The previous provisions have been replaced with the criminal offences of bribery, being bribed, the bribery of foreign public officials, and the failure of a company or commercial organisation to [...]
A recent survey found that nearly two thirds of people in the U.K. do not have a Will despite the majority of people having a clear idea of who they want to receive their money when they die.
Most of us intend to make a Will at some point, but continually put it off as it [...]
The new Government, in its Budget on 22nd June, is expected to bring in a number of tax measures to try to address the large deficit in public finances.
One long standing generous provision, that has survived budgets over many years, is the ability for beneficiaries of a Will to make a “Deed of Variation” to [...]
Inheritance Tax is a form of taxation that more families here have become aware of in recent years. It is a tax on the assets a person leaves behind when they die (their “estate”). Taxes on death that originally caught only the few wealthiest estates have become relevant to many more families because the amount [...]
Buying a house is a major investment and it is one of the biggest purchases we tend to make in life, however often, particularly as a first time buyer, we look only at the price ticket and don’t consider the many things we need to budget for when making that purchase. One of the major [...]