Legal

A claim for £118.5 million has been lodged against the billionaire owner of fashion retailer Boohoo MahmudKamani by an IT contractor who claims to be the third founder behind the online clothing empire

Howard Kennedy's Jazmin Brown highlights why establishing jurisdiction in family proceedings is so important

Rawlinson & Hunter's Stephen Yates looks at the tax highlights from May 2019

In April 2019, details emerged of Re N (Surrogacy: Enduring Family Relationship; Child’s Home) [2019] EWFC 21, a High Court judgment handed down earlier this year. The decision of Mrs Justice Theis in this case has been described as “ground-breaking” – a label that it is hoped will be attached to future decisions

Last month it was reported that Adele and her husband of three years, Simon Konecki, had separated. If it is correct that they did not enter into a prenuptial agreement, is she really saying goodbye to half of her fortune, asks Seddons' Deborah Jeff

Around £6 million worth of assets including a luxury hotel and a £100,000 Bentley have been taken off alleged members of an international money laundering group after an eight year National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation

The UK Court of Appeal has ruled that Italian fashion tycoon, Ferruccio Ferragamo, and his estranged wife, Ilaria Giusti, should defer their divorce proceedings to the Italian courts.

Litigation funding is increasingly being used to finance the costs of high net worth divorces, according to family law firm Boodle Hatfield

The 2019 finance bill is less innovative than last year's, which included replacing the solidarity tax on wealth (ISF) with a real estate wealth tax (IFI) and the introduction of a flat tax on capital income, yet it does contain measures that adjust a number of existing mechanisms, especially the Dutreil Pact and real estate tax, explains Jean-Marc Valot, a partner at BG2V Avocats

Damon Parker, formerly the head of the litigation practice at boutique law firm Harcus Sinclair, and one of its founding partners, has launched a new litigation firm - Harcus Parker