Legal
Britain loves immigrants - as long as they can pay their way
There is a general recognition that there must be an economic dimension to border policy - the concern is therefore more over policy implementation than basis
Yasmin Prest's lawyer speaks: Victory at the Supreme Court strikes blow at dishonesty in divorce
Richer spouses will no longer be able to hide their wealth behind the corporate veil, says Caroline Holley of Farrer & Co, who acted for Yasmin Prest
Rupert Murdoch divorces Wendi Deng - but what about the prenup?
Murdoch is worth a mere $12 billion - so how much of that does Deng stand to get?
A mysterious divorce and lingering death provoke a legal wrangle
It was an intriguing story. A husband who nursed his wife through her final illness learned subsequently that she'd divorced him over a year earlier without his knowledge. How could this have happened?
The Five Legal Cases that Have Shaped Modern Divorce
On the day of the landmark Prest decision, Mark Nayler looks at five legal precedents that have shaped divorce in the UK
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From Bitcoin Babies to PRISM: Is Our Dependence on Technology Harming Us?
As the world welcomes the first ever Bitbaby — born through IVF treatment paid for with Bitcoins — Sophie Mazzier contemplates our reliance on technology and how vulnerable it makes us
Expert analysis of the Prest judgment
The case is of importance because it has decided that the assets of a company owned by a divorcing spouse can be added into their personal wealth when working out how much the other spouse should receive as a divorce settlement
Harry Mount's Attack on Barristers is Shot Through with Personal Loathing
Harry Mount's vitriolic attack on barristers completely overlooks the devastating effects of legal aid cuts
Public outrage at the Cup Trust charity scandal doesn't mean there's been a crime
Here are the perfect conditions for a storm of outrage – international finance, eye-watering sums of money, insincere stated objectives, and a supposedly inept public body thrown in for good measure
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In this new anti-tax-avoidance era, when so many tax reliefs have been withdrawn, I've heard that investing in a Business Property Renovation Allowance scheme is one of the few remaining good opportunities for maxing your tax position. Is it true that you can get up to 100 per cent tax relief on the amount invested? And what exactly are these schemes? How do they work? What are the upsides? Downsides?
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In this climate, it is a relief to see one potentially attractive tax allowance come through unscathed from recent criticism
Spear's Wire
- World Wealth Report 2013 shows record $46 trillion held by HNWs, up 10 per cent
- Kaiser Partner reports 'solid' results for 2012
- STEP: British 'tax havens' make plans to reveal who owns what
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