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Inheritance tax (IHT) is payable at 40 per cent on the net value of a person’s estate above (2010/11 rates) £325,000 (the current nil rate band). It affects an increasing number of people owing to the rise in house prices in recent years. One...
A case dealing with the parking rights relating to three adjoined houses (all part of a development of older agricultural buildings) has been decided by the Court of Appeal. It has implications for developers of similar properties, such as barn conversions. ...
After another cold, wet summer and with dull economic prospects at home, you might be thinking of buying a property abroad or even making a permanent move to foreign climes. If so, as well as it being essential to take independent and high quality legal...