Posts from August 2021

Investing for income
By Louis Wood, investment manager at Irwin Mitchell The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in February last year saw swathes of...
26/08/21
What are the changes private client experts should be aware of?
As we head into autumn and with the Chancellor’s statement looming on the horizon, there’s been a flurry of changes for private client...
25/08/21
Ingenious Media: film partnership taxpayers win in the Court of Appeal
By Liz Beadsley, Chartered Tax Advisor & Manager - Partner in the Tax, Trusts and Estates team at Irwin Mitchell After a long-running...
23/08/21
How can we avoid selling the family home? Care fees and the pitfalls of not planning for property
By Stewart Stretton-Hill, senior associate in the Tax, Trusts and Estates team at Irwin Mitchell Dementia isn't a natural part of ageing...
23/08/21
Administering an estate: Where do I start?
By paralegal Laura Williams and solicitor Emily Wentworth in the Tax, Trusts and Estates team at Irwin Mitchell Losing a loved one can be...
23/08/21
Will forgery: can they get away with it?
By James Wright and Richard Smaller, solicitors in the Will, Trust and Estate Disputes team at Irwin Mitchell Can disappointed...
16/08/21
Do I own my front door? Landlord's fixtures explained
The Upper Tribunal have held that a front door was included within the demise of a lease, in a decision which brings into question the...
16/08/21
Removing troublesome executors
By Heather Roberts, Will, Trust and Estate Disputes senior associate at Irwin Mitchell Where a professional executor of a Will is asked...
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Scholastic CEO leaves Harry Potter fortune to lover
Scholastic CEO, Richard Robinson had a $1.2 billion stake in the Harry Potter publishing company. He died suddenly in June 2021. His Will...
10/08/21
HMRC finds no link between tax avoidance and the use of FICs
By Jessica Fazzone, Tax, Trusts and Estates associate at Irwin Mitchell A family investment company (FIC) is a tax efficient vehicle to...
10/08/21
Intestacy Rules and Unclaimed Estates
By Michelle Chapman, associate and Alice Jeavons, paralegal in the Will, Trust and Estate Disputes team It might be reasonable to assume...
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Private judge removed in Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt divorce
By Emily-Jo Moore, trainee solicitor and Emma Hopton, solicitor at Irwin Mitchell Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have been going through a...
03/08/21