Financial Services & Tax

Articles

Tidal changes

A tide of financial transparency is sweeping across the world. Swimming against it is folly; it will have severe reputational and financial consequences

Financial advice in estate administration

John Bunker discusses the financial and tax issues that can arise in estate administration and how providing advice on these matters can help build better relationships with clients

How to respond to online banking fraud

Sophia Purkis and Lisa Serrant advise solicitors on the steps clients should take to recover stolen money, particularly where the bank refuses to make a refund

Re-arranging the furniture

Andy Poole and Graham Poles discuss the strategic and tax benefits to restructuring your law firm

The divorce courts' reaction to the Panama Papers

Keeping financial secrets an ocean away is as prevalent in family law as it is in offshore banking, but is anyone really surprised, writes Marilyn Stowe

Ready to play ball

The new beneficial ownership register will see to the continuation of Jersey's commitment to transparency, not its foundation

Solicitors suspended over tax avoidance schemes after SRA appeal

New sanction sends out strong message about the need to act with integrity, says SRA

Compliance is the steep cost of regulation. But is there a solution?

Copying the financial services market and forming networks could resolve smaller firms' and legal aid practices' woes, suggests Viv Williams