Superhero Webinar 74: Inheritance Tax Planning (Part 1 of 2)
Protect your client’s estate from Inheritance Tax liabilities! Our next Superhero Webinar is part 1 of our Inheritance Tax Planning guide and covers how to reduce your client’s IHT liabilities. Topics include: • Dealing with Life Assurance correctly • Gifting to/for the benefit of minor children with immediate IHT exemption. • Gifting to/for the benefit […]
Webinar: How to protect yourself from a cyber attack
Not even a month into 2021 and already it has been a busy start to the year for law firms. This coupled with the new working from home culture unfortunately elevates the risk of law firms being subject to a cyber attack. In 2019, almost 50% of businesses in the UK suffered a cyber attack […]
Hugh James appointed as corporate partner to Institute of Legacy Management
Top 100 UK law firm, Hugh James, has become the first law firm in Wales to be appointed as a corporate partner to the Institute of Legacy Management – the membership body for people working in legacies within the charity and not-for-profit sector. The firm, which has offices in Cardiff and London, joins an exclusive […]
New LSB rules on regulators’ fees will increase transparency for lawyers
The Legal Services Board (LSB) has published new Rules and Guidance to increase transparency on how legal services regulators spend practising certificate fees (PCF). Increased transparency will help empower those who pay the PCF to hold their regulator accountable for its expenditure. The proposals are designed to lead to a more meaningful debate on the […]
Funding is needed for mental health reform, says Law Society
The Law Society has warned that proposed changes to the mental health system must be properly funded to be effective. Following publication of the Mental Health Act White Paper in January 2021, the regulator has stressed that for the reform to be successful it needs significant monetary backing. In order to succeed the proposed reforms […]