Archive for August, 2010

Government sets out its approach to zero-carbon homes

9 August 2010 | Richard John

The Housing Minister Grant Shapps has outlined new steps to give local councils and developers more flexibility to ensure that all new homes are zero-carbon from 2016 and that the costs of new build "do...

Tags on this discussion: carbon emissions Residential Developer residential property zero-carbon homes

Panorama tonight: Wills – the final rip off?

9 August 2010 | Shimon Shaw | 1 comment

There are lots of events in life which might make you think about writing a will. Marriage, divorce, a child being born, a health scare, a new house. If you use a professional to help you with this, you...

Tags on this discussion: bbc HMRC panorama Pay less tax Probate tax Taxation Trusts welath management will writers Wills

Villagers could be given new powers over local house building

9 August 2010 | Richard John

The Government has outlined plans to give local rural communities the power to build homes, or set aside plots for people to build their own homes, without seeking council planning permission. The...

Tags on this discussion: Community Right to Build Decentralisation and Localism Bill green belt land housebuilders housebuilding Housing Trust Planning villages

Conduct yourself with caution

6 August 2010 | Danielle Messenger

In the recent case of Fz and Sz (and the Trustees of the CPL Pension Plan and SZA), the Honorable Mr Justice Mostyn makes plain that bad behaviour sufficent so as to amount to conduct under s25(2)(g)...

Tags on this discussion: ancillary relief behaviour conduct Divorce Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 Mostyn

Government consults on alternative to restricting pensions tax relief

6 August 2010 | Iain Donaldson

Back in June, I wrote about the Chancellor’s announcement in his emergency budget that the Government would look at overhauling legislation that would restrict pensions tax relief from April 2011. The...

Tags on this discussion: annual allowance discussion paper emergency budget Finance Act pensions pensions tax relief

Can’t afford to buy your own property? Try New Build HomeBuy

6 August 2010 | helen.hall

New Build HomeBuy is a low cost home ownership option. It was introduced to help people who cannot afford to purchase a property outright and allows them instead to purchase initial shares of between 25–75...

Tags on this discussion: buying a new home Housing Associations New Build HomeBuy Shared-ownership

It’s never too late….(or where there’s a will, there’s relatives)

6 August 2010 | Shimon Shaw

The case of Ashcroft v Barnsdale is an object lesson in how it can sometimes be worth crying over spilt milk. The case involved a deed of variation, which changed the terms of a will. By way of background,...

Tags on this discussion: deeds of variation HMRC Inheritance Tax Pay less tax Probate probate dispute tax Taxation Wills

OFT proposes greater powers for landlords in insolvencies

2 August 2010 | Laura Seaman

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has published a report recommending far-reaching reforms of the corporate insolvency regulatory regime. In the report, the OFT said that landlords, as unsecured creditors,...

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Regulator’s warning against Government phone and Internet super-database plans

1 August 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The Government’s plans to create a giant database of all phone, Internet and email usage across the UK are a dangerous threat to privacy, according to the Information Commissioner, the UK’s data protection...

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Archive for August, 2010

Government sets out its approach to zero-carbon homes

Panorama tonight: Wills – the final rip off?

Villagers could be given new powers over local house building

Conduct yourself with caution

Government consults on alternative to restricting pensions tax relief

Can’t afford to buy your own property? Try New Build HomeBuy

It’s never too late….(or where there’s a will, there’s relatives)

OFT proposes greater powers for landlords in insolvencies

Regulator’s warning against Government phone and Internet super-database plans

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