Stroke strikes every five minutes. New analysis suggests that the number of people experiencing a stroke will increase by more than 50 percent to 151,000 a year by 2035. Treatments are available, including the ground-breaking mechanical thrombectomy procedure for strokes that are caused by a blocked blood vessel. However, as detailed in updated
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I’m a celebrity…get me back here!
There have been a string of high-profile celebrity bankruptcies over the decades, and most recently, Katie Price. A common theme among these celebrities, many of whom were former contestants on the ITV hit show “I’m a Celebrity,” is that they were bankrupted by HMRC for unpaid taxes.
The recent bankruptcy of Katie Price on 18…
Will a UK Lasting Power of Attorney (“LPA”) be recognised in France?
As so many families that we advise now live across several countries, and particularly in France, we regularly get asked whether Lasting Powers of Attorney made in the UK and registered with the Office of the Public Guardian can be recognised in France.
The short answer is that they can be recognised under the Hague…
Get Onbord Limited – hocus pocus about locus?
The recent decision in Get Onbord Limited v HMRC [2024] UKFTT 617 (TC) provided some helpful guidance for taxpayers and HMRC on the First-tier Tribunal’s (“FTT”) approach to research and development (“R&D”) claims and in particular, the levels of evidence that both parties need to provide.
In HMRC’s annual report, HMRC reported that it…
The GMC regulation of Medical Associate Professionals on the horizon
By Site Admin
Given the aforementioned, why has there been such debate about the plans for these roles to be regulated by the General Medical Council (GMC)?
Scope of practice
The role of PAs includes the taking of medical histories from patients, carrying out physical examinations, performing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and interpreting diagnostic studies. AAs conduct…
Hotel fire risks: Duties and the law
By Site Admin
According to Home Office data, in 2023-2024 in England alone, 587 hotels, boarding houses or hostels had primary fires, of these 458 were accidental, two involved accidental fatalities and there were 92 non fatal casualties.
Whilst the above figure includes boarding houses, bed and breakfast accommodation, and animal boarding, it also includes hotels. Just…
Motor finance: FCA drives towards formal redress scheme
The FCA is conducting a review into whether motor finance customers were overcharged as a result of the widespread use of discretionary commission arrangements in the motor finance industry. It had expected to set out its next steps in light of this review in September 2024. However, it has announced that it will not now…
Bringing assets back into the estate: The recovery of misappropriated estate assets
There are an increasing number of cases before the courts concerning the misappropriation of estate assets. Typically, this involves assets being misappropriated by a beneficiary, family member, or personal representative following death, but may also concern assets which were misappropriated during the deceased’s lifetime.
Whether the misappropriation has taken place pre or post death, the…
A tale of two cities: 100 years of Family Law
By Site Admin
It’s official: Les Jeux Olympiques have returned to Paris after 100 years. Paris is one of only three cities, along with London and Los Angeles, to have hosted the Olympic Games three times. After two weeks of sport, the Anglo-French rivalry is very much alive and almost too close to call; at the time of…
The politics of public inquiries
Statutory public inquiries have strong legal powers to compel witnesses to participate. How these are exercised depends on the circumstances and reflects the reality that public inquiries are part of the political process rather than the legal process, or a hybrid of the two.
The FT recently declared public inquiries to be a growth…