Legislative Developments

Alistair Myles, partner at boutique family law firm Levison Meltzer Pigott predicts the positive impact of the Court of Appeal landmark ruling on Haley v Haley

In just over a week Americans will take to the polls and we will hopefully find out who will be leading the US as President for the next four years. While much of the campaign has been dominated by Covid-19 policies, racial inequalities and the Supreme Court, the impact of the candidates’ tax policies cannot be underestimated for private clients....

The EU is acting against two member states, Cyprus and Malta, over their investor citizenship schemes

Since the onset of the pandemic there has been a significant increase in testators looking to put in place wills for the first time or revisiting existing wills

Prosecutors in Germany have issued arrest warrants for the former owners of the Panama-based law firm behind the offshore tax scam which was exposed by the so-called Panama Papers.

The end of the transition period on 1 January 2021 could lead UK citizens with assets in an EU country to wonder how this will impact on who will inherit such assets. Someone from and EU country but living in the UK may have similar concerns

The European Commission has launching infringement procedures against Cyprus and Malta by issuing letters of formal notice regarding their investor citizenship schemes also referred to as “golden passport” schemes

The UAE has introduced a beneficial ownership register and its minimum disclosure requirements for corporate entities incorporated in the jurisdiction

It is now ten years today since the UK Supreme Court gave its landmark decision in the case of Radmacher v Granatino [2010] UKSC 42 on the use and effectiveness of prenuptial agreements

UK-based intermediaries should consider themselves “bound” by DAC6 even after Brexit, lawyers have warned.