Articles by ‘James McNeile’

A Bath-based mental capacity law specialist has been named the winner of a prestigious prize awarded to exceptional solicitors who have recently completed their training contracts. Holly Miéville-Hawkins, a solicitor in the private client…

Islam guides Muslims on how various aspects of their lives should be conducted and included in this is the duty that Muslims must distribute their assets in accordance with the Quran principles.

When Lord Howard died in 1984 his assets included a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Ordinarily, when his executors sold the painting at auction in 2001 for £9.4 million, the gain resulting from the increase in value of the painting from the date of his death would have been subject to 28% capital gains tax (“CGT”).

As a result of recommendations made by the Law Commissions in December 2011, the Government has issued a draft Inheritance

There has been much criticism in recent times of individuals and corporations who implement aggressive tax planning to limit their tax liability. In response to this the government has in its Finance Bill 2013, introduced the General Anti-Abuse Rule (GAAR) that aims to target and “deter tax payers [and their promoters] from entering into abusive arrangements” that seek to reduce their tax bills by any lawful means.

Britain’s high streets now present a sorry sight, with shops boarded up.  We have suffered a “perfect storm” of large retailers moving to out-of-town shopping malls, landlords unwilling to drop rents, councils unwilling to drop rates and car-parking charges, and customers buying more of their goods online.

The pensions world breathed a sigh of relief last month when the European Commission dropped plans to include solvency requirements in its updated Directive on occupational pensions, the so-called “Solvency II”.

The recent publicity on same-sex marriages – now allowed in France and in some states of the USA – has drawn attention to a bizarre anomaly in the British pensions legislation. It concerns the entitlement of a same-sex partner to a spouse’s pension.

One of the legal world’s rising stars has joined Bath’s largest law firm, Withy King, as a partner. Becky Ricards Small is considered to be one of the profession’s most promising solicitors, having been…

Royds Private Client department was interested to learn of the 1% increase in the inheritance tax nil rate band – from April 2015.

A new trust company has been launched by law firm, Withy King, to act as executors of Wills and trustees of trusts as well as to manage the financial, property, social and welfare affairs…

Bath-based law firm Withy King and investment brokers Charles Stanley jointly hosted a talk by Vice Admiral Sir Tim McClement KCB OBE on Wednesday 26 September about his experiences as second in command of…