Tax and Financial Planning

The Charity Commissioners are taking an increasingly tough stance on what constitutes ‘charitable activity’. In recent months, they have withdrawn the charitable status of the Plymouth Brethren and refused...

The son of a baronet who has fought his father through the courts for years over the sale of the family’s estate and his alleged right to support from family...

In a ruling which illustrates the pitfalls of inaccurate land sale particulars, members of a family who sold their vegetable patch to a developer for more than £150,000 have been...

A judge has refused to rectify a land transfer between an elderly farmer and his son after rejecting the former’s plea that he had intended the latter only to receive...

A London couple who ran a guest house together have had the ownership of their assets decided after an acrimonious court case. They had been together since the early...

An elderly couple who, without taking legal advice, tied up almost half of their net assets in a discretionary trust which, due to a drafting error, did not reflect their...

Investment advice that turns out to be bad has always been a fruitful area for argument in the courts and numerous cases have arisen over the years. In a...

Although it has been widely reported that recent changes to the law make squatting in residential premises a criminal offence for the first time, this is not strictly true. Refusing...

The saga of the estate of the late Bernard Matthews, who made his fortune supplying turkey-based products, will serve as a salutary reminder of the complexities that can attach to...

A property dealer involved in a high-value divorce case has been given a six-month jail term after he repeatedly refused to comply with court orders that he provide details of...