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Yearly Archives: 2021
Collyer Bristow promotes five in its latest promotion round
Collyer Bristow has announced five promotions, including one new Partner and four new Senior Associates, across the firm’s Corporate & Commercial, Dispute Resolution and Private Wealth departments. Ragavan Arunachalam has been made up to Partner in the Corporate & Commercial …
Professor Stephen Hawking’s estate: Acceptance in Lieu in action
The estate of the late Professor Stephen Hawking has reached an agreement with the University Library in Cambridge and the Science Museum Group for Hawking’s archives and the contents of his office (including not only scientific papers but letters from …
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Tagged acceptance in lieu, arts council scheme, cultural objects, stephen hawking, tax liability
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Amigo sub-prime lender scheme of arrangement rejected by court
The High Court has agreed with the FCA to reject a scheme of arrangement proposed by subprime lender Amigo, on the grounds that the compensation scheme it proposed to deal with complaints of misselling was not fair. This is a …
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Tagged amigo, FCA, provident financial
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Collyer Bristow instructed in HMRC -v- Wilkes : High Income Child Benefit Charge
On Wednesday 26 May 2021, the Upper Tribunal (The Hon. Mrs Justice Falk DBE and Judge Timothy Herrington) will hear HMRC’s appeal in the leading “High Income Child Benefit Charge” (the HICBC) case. The taxpayer assessed to the HICBC is …
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Tagged discovery assessments, HICBC, high income child benefit charge, HMRC, pro-bono, tax disputes
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Growth journey’s end – When billionaires divorce
News of Bill and Melinda Gates’ divorce only surfaced once a deal had been done and every “i” had been dotted and “t” crossed in their no doubt mammoth and confidential settlement agreement. So the world never got to witness …
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Tagged asset separation, Bill Gates divorce, billionaire divorce, divorce, divorce law, family law, HNW divorce, pre-nups, tax and divorce
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Is Business travel now allowed? Deciphering the latest Covid-19 travel rules
This past week has seen the latest relaxation of restrictions in accordance with the government’s roadmap to normality. This article sets out the new rules and guidance for employers, particularly for business travel to and from England. Can you travel …
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Tagged business, COVID, travel
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Making a success of UK-US cross-border estate planning
It is said that the US and UK are two countries divided by a common language. When it comes to tax and succession law this often bears out; the fact that both countries use similar terminology (like ‘domicile’, ‘trust’ or …
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Tagged succession, tax, USA
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Aviation Conversations: Return to the Skies
Collyer Bristow Senior Associate Simon de Broise is joined by Chris Tarry from CTAIRA to discuss the challenges still facing the aviation industry as restrictions start to ease. Running time: 28 mins
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Tagged airlines, aviation, aviation disputes, aviation industry, aviation law, coronavirus aviation, CTAIRA
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Archegos fallout raises troubling questions over bank risk controls
Questions have been raised as to whether the loss was a result of risk and compliance not doing their job or whether their views were ignored by business heads. Those in charge of the business may have been more attracted …
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Tagged Archegos Capital Management, credit suisse, Greensill Capital, risk and compliance
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