We engage professionals to assist us with many important matters in life. If they fail to perform their duty to the required standard and as a result we suffer a loss, they may be negligent, and we should be able to claim against them for that loss.

In a bid to boost competition and innovation in the financial sector, the UK Government is exploring policies that could compel large tech companies to share valuable consumer data with financial institutions.

An executor is someone specifically appointed or chosen by the deceased to administer his estate and to ensure that his final wishes are respected. Sometimes conflicts can arise between the beneficiaries of the will and the executors.

If you have worked hard all your life to build a business, it is entirely reasonable to want to ensure that you and your family keep your hard-earned gains when you eventually sell.

Kevin Hall, Partner in our VAT team has recently been featured in Taxation Magazine, following an enquiry regarding the sale of a website domain.

Are new dwellings zero rated for VAT? Not exactly, explains Kevin Hall in Taxation Magazine.

Selling your home presents a unique combination of demands, from understanding the legal and administrative hurdles which have to be cleared to knowing how to make your front door more appealing.

Kevin Hall, Partner in our VAT team has recently been featured in Taxation where he ponders on whether a recent call for VAT to be removed from bras on health grounds is justified.

If you think you have grounds to contest a will then it is important to act fast, preferably before a grant of probate is obtained. If you are contesting a will believing it to be invalid, you can lodge a caveat which will prevent any grant of probate from issuing.

Recently there have been several cases where courts have found in favour of trustees seeking to rectify their mistakes. The courts’ decision that the ‘law of mistake’ applied in some of these cases has meant that several trusts faced a major reduction in the tax liability owed.