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When "I Do" Changes Everything

For most people the term “wedding” will conjure an immediate, perhaps involuntary,...

Information Disclosure to HMRC - are your efforts adequate?

HMRC can acquire information from taxpayers in a number of ways. Some requests for information can...

Can co-workers be certificate providers and attorneys to a Lasting Power of Attorney?

This article reviews the role of certificate providers in signing Lasting Powers of Attorney...

Making Provision for your Pets by In-House Legal dog

Internal Email To: RagnarthePugDog@LBMW.com From: Catherine.Pugsley@LBMW.com Date: Friday...

No Time to Die - Financial Advice from 007

“Get rid of it or give it away before you go”: A public display of virtuousness or...

"I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" but I'm "Overprotected"

In September 2021, Jamie Spears, the father of Britney Spears, was suspended as Britney’s...

Demystifying the situs of Crypto Assets for the Crypto Curious

by Elizabeth Nicholls and Catherine Pugsley Elon Musk, the Tesla billionaire, has been...

The Hunted and the Hunting - claims to deceased estates

by Rebecca Harridge It was widely reported in the press this week that heir hunters had...

A Cautionary Tale for Cohabiting Couples

A Cautionary Tale for Cohabiting Couples By Elizabeth Nicholls As multiple UK lockdowns were...

Did your family lockdown largesse create a tax charge?

Did your family lockdown largesse create a tax charge? As the last lockdown is slowly eased and...

EU Settlement Scheme

EU Settlement Scheme If you're an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen, you and your family may be...

An introduction from a new partner in our Private Client team, Catherine Pugsley

An introduction from a new partner in our Private Client team, Catherine Pugsley I am...

Posted2025-01-22 13:37

Why was it so short for something so big? Westminster debates Agricultural and Business Property Relief

On 14 January 2025, The Right Honourable Graham Stuart (Member of Parliament for Beverley and Holderness) moved the motion “That this House has considered the impact of planned changes to agricultural property relief and business property relief on...

Posted2025-01-10 09:28

Tractor Tax - What is business property anyway?

The National Farmers’ Union (“ NFU ”) are encouraging their members to sit down with Labour MPs with an accountant or agricultural lawyer to “debunk the Treasury’s story about the few farms that will be impacted” (as...

Posted2024-11-19 15:48

Is Starmer a farmer harmer?

The Chancellor has announced significant changes to Agricultural Property Relief which will have seismic effects throughout the agrarian economy and may affect Britain’s food security. In this article, Nicholas Thompson, a Trainee Solicitor in our...