A Modern Approach to Lifetime Tax Planning for Private Clients (with Precedents)
A Modern Approach to Lifetime Tax Planning for Private Clients (with Precedents)

Author: Chris Whitehouse

Publisher: Jordan Publishing (GB)

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781784731045

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A Modern Approach to Lifetime Tax Planning for Private Clients (with Precedents) deals with the legal aspects of tax planning for private clients. It is a companion volume to the popular A Modern Approach to Wills, Administration and Estate Planning (with Precedents). This work begins by looking at the essential legal framework of giving and tax law through a combination of detailed and authoritative commentary, worked examples and precedents. It then examines specific topics including: trusts and settlements, the family, and looks at particular assets such as the family home, CGT main residence relief, chattels, businesses and farms, investments, and insurance based products. It then goes on to examine tax planning using statutory reliefs and exemptions including joint ownership of land/sharing arrangements, gifts for family maintenance, normal expenditure out of income and charitable giving. This new edition includes: * Introduction of the Residential Nil Rate band (Finance (No 2) Act 2015) * Effect of the Taxation of Pensions Act 2015 * The impact of the Inheritance and Trustees Powers Act 2014 * Changes to IHT charges on relevant property trusts * Full text of the STEP Standard Provisions and STEP Investment Policy The authors' narrative commentary is supplemented by numerous precedents which are included on an accompanying CD-ROM, allowing users to download and adapt each document as necessary. [Subject: Tax Law, Inheritance Law]

Assessment of Mental Capacity
Assessment of Mental Capacity

Author: The British Medical Association

Publisher: The Law Society

Published: 2015-12-08

Total Pages: 351

ISBN-13: 1784460397

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Doctors, lawyers and other professionals often need to make an assessment of a person's mental capacity. This book helps to support these professionals by giving them a fuller understanding of the law in all situations where an assessment of capacity may be needed, clarifying the roles of professionals and providing an aid to communication both between them and with the person being assessed.Written by experts from a variety of disciplines, Assessment of Mental Capacity combines a precise statement of the law with a practical, jargon-free approach to provide guidelines on a range of issues, from capacity to form intimate personal relationships, to capacity to consent to medical treatment. The fourth edition has been updated and expanded to take account of:- recent case law and current good practice- revision of the Mental Health Act 1983 Code of Practice- the rising prominence of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.It provides an essential source of guidelines and information, including extracts from Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Code of Practice, and is an indispensable tool for health and legal professionals.

Research Handbook on Law, Society and Ageing
Research Handbook on Law, Society and Ageing

Author: Sue Westwood

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2024-08-06

Total Pages: 615

ISBN-13: 1803925299

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In an era where the population is rapidly ageing, this timely Research Handbook addresses the wide-ranging social and legal issues concerning older people.

A Modern Approach to Wills, Administration and Estate Planning (with Precedents)
A Modern Approach to Wills, Administration and Estate Planning (with Precedents)

Author: Christopher Whitehouse

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781784730543

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Written by leading lawyers in the field, this popular guide to the tax-efficient drafting of wills, estate planning and administration provides practitioners with help and guidance on everyday estate planning and will drafting and discusses the typical problems and pitfalls that may be encountered in practice. The precedents have been carefully selected to deal in a straightforward fashion with common needs of clients. The book begins by looking at the essential legal framework of wills, trusts and taxation through a combination of detailed and authoritative commentary, worked examples and expertly drafted precedents. It then examines specific topics including: transferable nil rate band, using IPDIs, provision for children, pilot trusts, gifts, APR and BPR, obtaining the grant, instruments of variation and disclaimer, constituting and administering the will, and tax efficient administration. This edition has been extensively revised and includes four new chapters: Notes for the Will Draftsman Gifts to Charity and the Reduced IHT Rate Obtaining the Grant Constituting and Administering the Will The authors' narrative commentary is supplemented by 40 precedents which are included on an accompanying CD-ROM, allowing users to download and adapt each document as necessary.

Chambers UK 2009
Chambers UK 2009

Author: Tracey Sinclair

Publisher:

Published: 2008-11

Total Pages: 2184

ISBN-13: 9780855141189

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An independent guide to the top solicitors, barristers, law firms and barristers' chambers in the United Kingdom.

Trusts and Modern Wealth Management
Trusts and Modern Wealth Management

Author: Richard C. Nolan

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-05-31

Total Pages: 609

ISBN-13: 1107170494

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New essays by leading figures from the judiciary, practicing lawyers and academics illuminating the worlds of trusts and wealth management.

Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States
Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2009-07-29

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 0309142393

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Scores of talented and dedicated people serve the forensic science community, performing vitally important work. However, they are often constrained by lack of adequate resources, sound policies, and national support. It is clear that change and advancements, both systematic and scientific, are needed in a number of forensic science disciplines to ensure the reliability of work, establish enforceable standards, and promote best practices with consistent application. Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward provides a detailed plan for addressing these needs and suggests the creation of a new government entity, the National Institute of Forensic Science, to establish and enforce standards within the forensic science community. The benefits of improving and regulating the forensic science disciplines are clear: assisting law enforcement officials, enhancing homeland security, and reducing the risk of wrongful conviction and exoneration. Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States gives a full account of what is needed to advance the forensic science disciplines, including upgrading of systems and organizational structures, better training, widespread adoption of uniform and enforceable best practices, and mandatory certification and accreditation programs. While this book provides an essential call-to-action for congress and policy makers, it also serves as a vital tool for law enforcement agencies, criminal prosecutors and attorneys, and forensic science educators.

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report

Author: Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission

Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.

Published: 2011-05-01

Total Pages: 692

ISBN-13: 1616405414

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The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report, published by the U.S. Government and the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission in early 2011, is the official government report on the United States financial collapse and the review of major financial institutions that bankrupted and failed, or would have without help from the government. The commission and the report were implemented after Congress passed an act in 2009 to review and prevent fraudulent activity. The report details, among other things, the periods before, during, and after the crisis, what led up to it, and analyses of subprime mortgage lending, credit expansion and banking policies, the collapse of companies like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the federal bailouts of Lehman and AIG. It also discusses the aftermath of the fallout and our current state. This report should be of interest to anyone concerned about the financial situation in the U.S. and around the world.THE FINANCIAL CRISIS INQUIRY COMMISSION is an independent, bi-partisan, government-appointed panel of 10 people that was created to "examine the causes, domestic and global, of the current financial and economic crisis in the United States." It was established as part of the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009. The commission consisted of private citizens with expertise in economics and finance, banking, housing, market regulation, and consumer protection. They examined and reported on "the collapse of major financial institutions that failed or would have failed if not for exceptional assistance from the government."News Dissector DANNY SCHECHTER is a journalist, blogger and filmmaker. He has been reporting on economic crises since the 1980's when he was with ABC News. His film In Debt We Trust warned of the economic meltdown in 2006. He has since written three books on the subject including Plunder: Investigating Our Economic Calamity (Cosimo Books, 2008), and The Crime Of Our Time: Why Wall Street Is Not Too Big to Jail (Disinfo Books, 2011), a companion to his latest film Plunder The Crime Of Our Time. He can be reached online at www.newsdissector.com.

Eco2 Cities
Eco2 Cities

Author: Hiroaki Suzuki

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2010-05-07

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 082138144X

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This book is a point of departure for cities that would like to reap the many benefits of ecological and economic sustainability. It provides an analytical and operational framework that offers strategic guidance to cities on sustainable and integrated urban development.