Property

Henry Wickham has been appointed head of Ogier's global estate planning, wills and probate team

The current benefit of the government’s latest stamp duty land tax (SDLT) cuts could be wiped within a month as a result of high rates of upward house price growth, according to property purchasing specialist HBB Solutions.

The number of unmarried couples making inheritance claims is increasing, according to data from the UK Ministry of Justice

The “mini budget” is due to take place today. Driving growth in the UK’s economy is expected to be at the heart of it for Prime Minister Liz Truss and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng

UK chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has claimed “the government is on the side of the British people” as he announced a series of major tax changes in this morning’s “mini budget.”

Eight of the top 10 fastest growing areas for inheritance tax earn less than the average annual salary, according to research by London law firm Boodle Hatfield

Despite house prices reaching record highs in recent years, the increase seen in the last decade sits well below that of previous decades, according to estate agent comparison site GetAgent.

Vistra, a provider of advisory and administrative support to private wealth clients, has entered into an agreement with MAS France - a Parisian provider of domiciliation, administration and directorship services in the real estate and private equity sectors

Families today are more diverse, and it is more widely accepted that a family structure doesn’t have to be a mum, dad, son, and daughter. But how are the courts responding to these societal changes?