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In this issue: Trusts Court of Protection UK taxes for Private Client HMRC Manuals updates Insolvency—Private Client Charity and philanthropy Contentious trusts and estates Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland International Question of the week Daily and weekly news alerts LexTalk®Private Client: a Lexis®PSL community New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q&A Useful information Trusts Companies House publishes guidance on removal of overseas entities from register Companies House has issued guidance setting out the process for taking an overseas entity off the Register of Overseas Entities. It applies where the entity no longer holds registered title to UK land or property acquired on or after 1 January 1999 in England and Wales, 8 December 2014 in Scotland, and 5 September 2022 in Northern Ireland. The guidance confirms the entity must have disposed of all UK property or land, and the transfer of ownership...

In this issue: Probate Trusts Elderly and vulnerable clients UK taxes for Private Client HMRC Manuals updates Tax avoidance, evasion and non-compliance Regulatory compliance for Private Client Budgets and Finance Bills Charity and philanthropy 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 Probate Bereaved Partner’s Paternity Leave Regulations 2026 (SI 2026/237): these Regulations create a new statutory entitlement for an employee to take time off to care for a child during the first year following birth, placement for adoption, or arrival in Great Britain for an overseas adoption, where the child’s primary carer has died (bereaved partner’s paternity leave). They take effect on 6 April 2026. See: LNB News 15/01/2026 18. Trusts Representation orders...

In this issue Court of Protection UK taxation for private clients Updates to HMRC Manuals Tax avoidance, evasion and non-compliance Budgets and Finance Bills Private client insolvency Digital and crypto assets Charity and philanthropy Disputed trusts and estates Pensions, insurance and tax‑efficient investments International Further Private Client updates this week Question of the week News alerts—daily and weekly LexTalk® Private Client: a Lexis+® community New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q&As Useful information Court of Protection Court rules that an anonymity application under CPR 39.2(4) and section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998 must proceed on a statutory basis (PMC (a child by his mother and litigation friend FLR) v Local Health Board) The claimant, a boy born in 2012, pursued a clinical negligence action against an NHS trust for injuries at birth. The claim, issued in March...

Except where an exemption or relief applies, payments of: annual interest (or amounts that tax rules treat as annual interest), and that have a UK source must be made under deduction, with the payer required to withhold and account to HMRC for UK income tax at the basic rate (20%) or, from 6 April 2027, at the savings basic rate (22%) (for more detail, see Practice Note: UK withholding tax on yearly interest). This Practice Note describes the duty to deduct (and account to HMRC for) UK income tax from UK‑source annual interest as a withholding tax, even though it is in substance a mechanism for collecting UK income tax from the UK‑based payer rather than from the recipient who: is the beneficial owner of the income, and is likely to be based outside the UK For more information on the requirement to deduct UK income tax from UK‑source annual interest, see Practice Note: Administration...

This Practice Note explores the principal legal terms typical of social housing finance and what distinguishes them from financing in other sectors. It focuses on standard financial covenants and other sector‑specific provisions, including events of default, together with terms linked to the availability of long‑term fixed rate interest options. For more on social housing finance transactions, see Practice Notes: Social housing entities entering into finance transactions Key deal structures in social housing finance Taking and enforcing security from social housing entities This Practice Note concentrates solely on private not‑for‑profit providers of social housing registered in England (referred to as ‘RPs’), as they comprise the vast majority of private debt finance raised by housing associations to date. It does not cover providers registered in Wales. Financial covenants—introduction The principal financial covenants in social housing finance are: loan to value gearing interest cover (less commonly) net rental income cover from charged properties Loan...

Practice Note This Practice Note explains the process for making a parental order application under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (HFEA 2008). It gives guidance on who may apply, where an application should be issued, acknowledging service, and the steps for the first directions hearing and the final hearing. It also outlines provisions on evidence of agreement, when agreement will not be required, and the parental order register. A parental order is an order by which a child is recognised in law as the child of the applicant(s) where the child was carried by a woman who is not the applicant, or not one of the applicants, following the placement in her of an embryo, or sperm and eggs, or through her artificial insemination, and the gametes of the applicant, or at least one of the applicants, were used to create the embryo, subject to certain conditions; see Conditions that must be met. The principal provisions for surrogacy arrangements are contained in the: Surrogacy...