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Why £10m-plus trophy estates are booming

Comments by Robert Brodrick, Partner in the Private Client department at Payne Hicks Beach, first published in The Sunday Times online on 2 December 2018 and reproduced ...

Why £10m-plus trophy estates are booming

10 December 2018
Comments by Robert Brodrick, Partner in the Private Client department at Payne Hicks Beach, first published in The Sunday Times online on 2 December 2018 and reproduced ...

Feuding executors: how to control an inheritance dispute

30 November 2018
Article by Emily Stoneham, solicitor in the Dispute Resolution department, first published online at Spear's on 28 November 2018 and reproduced with kind permission. https:/ ...

Laws of attraction

27 November 2018
Article by Kathryn Bradbury, Partner and Head of Citizenship & Immigration department, first published in The Spear's 500 2019 Directory (p254) in November 2018 and reproduced with ...

Rupert Murdoch sets up a $12bn family trust

06 November 2018
Article by Rosamond McDowell, partner in the Private Client department and Isobel Symonds, solicitor in the Corporate department, first published in Spear's online on 2 November 2018 and ...

Is capital gains tax payable on assets left to Australian heirs?

31 October 2018
Answer by Melissa Ellis, Solicitor in the Private Client department, to the FT reader question regarding potential Capital Gains Tax liability for a resident will ...

The Sunday Times: Home Help: fed up chasing ground rent - our team are on hand

30 October 2018
Answer by Scott Goldstein, Associate in the Dispute Resolution department at Payne Hicks Beach to the reader question on ground rents, first published in The ...

Litigation and Privilege: when is there really a dispute?

29 October 2018
Article by Emily Stoneham, solicitor in the Dispute Resolution department, first published online at KNect365 Finance on 18 October 2018 and reproduced with kind permission. Emily ...

How do expat’s investments square with UK immigration rules?

26 October 2018
Answer by Kathryn Bradbury, Partner and Head of Citizenship & Immigration department, first published in the Financial Times on 23 October 2018 and reproduced with kind permission. ...

Bruno settles High Court phone hacking claim against NGN – Hanna Basha quoted

05 October 2018
Hanna Basha, Dispute Resolution partner and specialist privacy and media lawyer, read out in Court at Statement on behalf of her client, Frank Bruno, on 27 September 2018. Hanna’s ...