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Gay Marriage... Gay Divorce... Gay Prenups...
We hear a lot these days about messy divorces and their legal implications — but what about the growing number of same-sex splits that are coming to court, asks Thomas Duggins of Charles Russell
HMRC coming after HSBC cash stashed in Switzerland
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) will shortly begin writing to UK residents and organisations holding Swiss bank accounts with the HSBC in Geneva who may not have reported all their income and gains to HMRC
No puedes comprarme amor, or Can't buy me love
What do Spain's most titled woman and one of Liverpool's best-loved sons have in common? The answer, say Annmarie Gosling and Alvaro Iraizoz Reclusa, is they've found a way to reconcile love and money
Spear's Wealth Insight Forum: Highlights
Spear’s did what it does best — helping wealth managers, lawyers and other private client professionals to understand the world of their high-net-worth clients — with the first Spear’s Wealth Insight Forum
Spear's Wealth Insight Forum: Women and Wealth
What do women want? Freud was wise enough to keep silent, but we’re venturing some answers — on the subjects of money and law. Is it different from what men want? Should women only have female advisers? In the post-Radmacher world, are women better or worse off?
Spear's Wealth Insight Forum: Tax Havens
Money never sleeps, of course — it’s too busy enjoying itself in Caribbean hideaways or respectable European jurisdictions. But do IFCs — or tax havens, as their opponents call them — help the wealthy at the expense of the rest of the world? Are they even immoral?
Spear's Wealth Insight Forum: Privacy
The newspapers never lose their fascination with the moneyed: where they go, what they buy, who they’re with — day and night. Does being wealthy mean you don’t have any privacy? How can you protect the privacy you do have?
Can You Split This?
When it comes to getting divorced, splitting the money leaves no change, says Tanya Roberts of Charles Russell
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Richard Collins on Pierre Lagrange, straight divorce and gay marriage
Read Richard Collins of Charles Russell on how much Pierre Lagrange may have to pay his wife and why a pre-nup is just as necessary for gay people as straight
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