Private clients

The majority of people going through divorce or dealing with family issues such as access to children are reluctant to seek help for mental health issues despite often showing clear signs of distress, according to national law firm Irwin Mitchell

Most trust and estate practitioners will have experienced beneficiaries being unhappy with a decision made by trustees. Perhaps less common is a situation where the trustees simply cannot make a decision because they cannot agree between themselves. What happens then?

The number of civil partnerships formed in England and Wales increased by 5.3 percent in 2018 to 956

Labour’s tax policies represent the most dramatic changes away from the current tax regime in a generation, argued accounting and tax advisory firm Blick Rothenberg

Oak in Guernsey has appointed Oliver de la Fosse as corporate finance manager

The chairman of international accountancy and consulting network Moore Global, formerly known as Moore Stephens International, is stepping down

Despite becoming a partner just 10 years after beginning her career, Penningtons Manches Cooper’s Lucy Edwards says that, “coming into a leadership role hasn’t been a series of cliff edges, it’s been a gradual process”

Scottish law firm Lindsays has appointed Amy Mayberry and Harriet Waters as solicitors in its private client team in Glasgow and Edinburgh respectively.

National law firm Veale Wasbrough Vizards (VWV) has appointed Nigel Mears as a private client partner in its Birmingham office

The EU has confirmed the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Marshall Islands have been removed from its list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes, otherwise known as the tax blacklist.