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In this issue: Court of Protection UK taxes for Private Client HMRC Manuals updates Family businesses and ownership structures Insolvency—Private Client Digital assets and cryptoassets Contentious trusts and estates Pensions, insurance and tax-efficient investments Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Question of the week Additional Private Client updates Daily and weekly news alerts LexTalk®Private Client: a Lexis®PSL community New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q&As Useful information Court of Protection Court of Protection proposes travel guidance for cases with a risk of future forced marriage (Luton Borough Council v G) The Court of Protection sanctioned a six-month interim forced marriage protection order (FMPO) concerning AG and exercised the inherent jurisdiction to govern AG’s contact with her parents. This followed material showing parental control and coercion, the prospect of AG travelling abroad for ‘a wedding’, and indications that, if parental contact matched her...

In this issue: Probate Trusts Court of Protection UK taxes for Private Client HMRC Manuals updates Tax avoidance, evasion and non-compliance Budgets and Finance Bills Pensions, insurance and tax efficient investments Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland International Question of the week Additional Private Client updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts LexTalk®Private Client: a Lexis+® community New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q&As Useful information Probate HMCTS Probate application processing times continued to improve to the end of 2024 HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has released figures showing that probate application processing times kept improving across the year to December 2024. In December 2024, the average wait was a little over four weeks, a striking turnaround from the end of 2023, when applicants typically faced 12 weeks for their applications to be dealt with. Digital submissions, which represent...

In this issue: Wills Court of Protection Elderly and vulnerable clients UK taxes for Private Client HMRC Manuals updates Tax avoidance, evasion and non-compliance Regulatory compliance for Private Client Family businesses and ownership structures Digital assets and cryptoassets Pensions, insurance and tax efficient investments Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland International Question of the week Additional Private Client updates this week Daily and weekly news alerts LexTalk®Private Client: a Lexis+® community New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Useful information Wills Will challenge dismissed for lack of evidence (Woolfson v Woolfson) The Chancery Division dismissed the claimant’s case and entered summary judgment for the defendants in probate proceedings concerning her late mother’s estate (Ms Banks). Karen Woolfson contested the validity of her mother’s Will of 11 June 2018 and pursued various remedies, including declarations about rights to property. The central questions were...

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. At 11 pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020, the Brexit transition/implementation period, entered into following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, concluded. In UK legislation this moment is called ‘IP completion day’. From that point, core transitional measures ceased and substantial changes started to apply across the UK’s legal regime. EU Emissions Trading System The EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) operates on a cap-and-trade basis and is the world’s largest emissions trading scheme by trading volume. A ceiling is set in advance on the overall quantity of certain specified greenhouse gases that sources in the scheme, such as factories, power stations and other installations, may emit under the system. Inside this cap, businesses are allocated emission allowances, which they may buy from or sell to each other as and when required. Capping the total number of allowances available ensures they retain a value. At the end of each year, every operator...