The England & Wales High Court has granted an application to alter a deed of variation to a will, on the ground that it had mistakenly created adverse inheritance tax consequences.

Yesterday marked the official end of Swiss banking secrecy with the Swiss Federal Council's adoption of the Administrative Assistance Ordinance.

The US Internal Revenue Service has published draft guidance on the new reporting requirements and withholding taxes imposed on foreign banks by the HIRE act.

The England & Wales High Court has decided to include a discretionary trust in its assessment of a wife's entitlement to ancillary relief,

DD v LKW [2008] HKCA 74, one of the most significant and far-reaching family law cases in Hong Kong in recent years, is going to the Court of Final Appeal in October 2010.

The scientific examination of documents has been an integral part of forensic science for almost a hundred years and many of the techniques developed over that period are still in use today.

P hilanthropy advice is often given by many ‘unqualified’ people for free and this ‘counsel’ forms different parts of our everyday life.

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