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24/11/2011 - Planning for care home fees and long term care

For many people your home is your main asset and a key concern is how this may be treated if you need long term care. Read Full Article

18/11/2011 - French holiday home and French succession laws

Advice on considering ownership structure of French property BEFORE buying Read Full Article

15/07/2010 - Preventing Wills being contested

Why solicitors need information on health of elderly clients before drafting a Will Read Full Article

02/02/2010 - Fathers to get six months of paternity leave

Business leaders have urged the Government to reconsider its proposal to extend paternity leave to up to six months in a baby’s first year. Read Full Article

30/10/2009 - Sickness on Holiday – Replacement Leave

Most employers would consider it unavoidable bad luck if the annual leave of one of their workers was marred by illness. That was until the European Court of Justice (ECJ) recently handed down its decision in the case of Pereda v Madrid Movilidad SA in September 2009. Read Full Article

30/09/2009 - Discretionary Trusts and The Change Of The Income Tax Rate From 40% To 50% With Effect From 5 April 2010

The change in income tax rates which will be effective in the tax year 2010/2011 make it imperative to consider what steps, if any, should be taken to mitigate the income tax burden on trustees of discretionary trusts. Read Full Article

29/09/2009 - The default retirement age of 65 remains lawful...for now!

The High Court has just handed down its decision in the high profile Heyday case ruling that, subject to the employer following a retirement process, it is legal for employers to require employees to retire from the age of 65. Read Full Article

23/06/2009 - Government to scrap the Sick Note

The Government has announced plans to replace the current ‘sick note’ used by GPs with a new ‘fit note’. Read Full Article

12/03/2009 - Latest Judgement On Splitting A Family Business After Divorce

Any business owner going through a divorce may draw some comfort from this first instance Judgment in the High Court, reported at the beginning of 2009. Read Full Article

10/02/2009 - Implications of New Planning Act 2008

Under the newly-created Planning Act 2008 a new body called the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) - made up of experts appointed by the Secretary of State - will now be responsible for making planning decisions on major infrastructure projects. Read Full Article

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