A look at the top stories on eprivateclient this week…
Monday
The 2019 eprivateclient Top Offshore Law Firm rankings were published with 29 global offshore law firms making the grade
Multi-jurisdictional fiduciary services provider Sanne has appointed Chris Warnes and Wendy Cheng as country heads for the UK and Hong Kong respectively
With an UK general election now set for 12 December, Saffery Champness’ James Hender and Lucy Brennan have looked at what some of Labour and the Conservatives’ tax pledges might be
A new report has highlighted that the cost of UK facilitated corruption amounts to tens of billions of pounds every year, Transparency International UK has claimed
English family law firm Expatriate Law has launched a branch office in Singapore, Expatriate Law (Asia). The new office will provide English divorce and family law advice to British expats and families with links to England who are living in Singapore and across South East Asia
Carey Olsen has appointed 2019 eprivateclient Top 35 Under 35 Chris Duncan as counsel in its trusts and private wealth practice in the Cayman Islands. Mr Duncan joins the firm from Mourant Ozannes, where he worked for the past seven years in Guernsey across its litigation and international trusts and private client teams
The Supreme Court has overturned decisions by the High Court and Court of Appeal to rule in favour of a mother looking to keep her child in the UK. The UK’s highest court was asked to consider if the Court of Appeal had been entitled to make a summary order for the child’s return to Israel under the inherent jurisdiction, and if so, had that jurisdiction been exercised correctly
Midlands-based law firm Timms Solicitors’ head of wills & probate, Jo Robinson, has been made a partner. Ms Robinson, who has been with Timms for 18 months, joins Fiona Moffat, Tessa Dunleavy, Lisa Collett and Matthew Rice in the firm's partnership.
London law firm DKLM has appointed Hilesh Chavda as head of private client. Mr Chavda joins the firm from Royds Withy King having previously worked at City law firms, Maurice Turner Gardner and Trowers & Hamlins.
Confirmation that one of the UK’s banks accidentally held onto 9,000 wills of deceased customers, highlights the importance of ensuring that more than one copy is stored, law firm Wilsons advised. The private client specialist firm warned of the problems that can be created if a will goes astray.
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