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More cautionary tales Crackpot theories Vanishing economic growth – Part 2 Who we are What we do Blog 2016 ASHE data released Useful periodical payments cases on our 'knowledge bank' Discount rate information Deputyship and trusts at the Court of Protection Life expectancy publications on the 'knowledge bank' St Helens MBC to challenge personal injury disregards for residential care Ministry of Justice to announce the outcome of the review of the discount rate before 31st January 2017 Government U-turn on Secondary Annuity Market Keeping Mum 2016 ASHE 6115 calculations review ABI launches Judicial Review to the Lord Chancellor's decision to review the discount rate Happy New Year! Lord Chancellor's statement to the London Stock Exchange in full One-stop shop stop? Prudential Regulation Authority propose to reset the deposit protection limit Prudential Regulation Authority see fit to increase deposit protection limit ABI lose JR to delay release of result of the discount rate review Personal Injury – The Importance of Estate Planning No discount rate announcement on 31st January 2017 HMRC, Tax Credits and the Concentrix Scandal Changes to ESA and Permitted Work ESA: Potential Changes for New Claims in April 2017 Personal Injury Trusts – Getting Your Property in Order Periodical payments in Ireland come a step closer Robbing Peter to pay Paul Sell everything? PFP's views on the discount rate decision The views of Sir Henry Brooke in respect of the discount rate decision In the words of 10cc - The things we do for love Outcome of an HMRC consultation on part surrenders and part assignments of life insurance policies. Hatrick! Three benefit appeal successes in three days. Many Happy (Stockmarket) Returns! Funds held on client account and the effect on means-tested support. The dawn of the new tax year is upon us! Happy New Tax Year! I’m an MP, get me out of here! Letting a property held via a Personal Injury Trust Impact of funding cuts on social care provision What’s in a name? Fighting for statutory entitlements for care The New Trust Register - what it might mean for you The results are in! More Robert Downey Jr than Ironman! Stick or Twist? How to lose friends and alienate people. The impact of the new discount rate on public liability cases Another new world: Discount rate legislation National Audit Office publishes ‘Investigation into NHS continuing health care’ State pension age increase accelerated by seven years What happens to my personal injury trust when I die? I'm in with the in crowd,
I go where the in crowd goes,
I'm in with the in crowd,
And I know what the in crowd knows … Providing details of a PIT when applying for benefits The sequel is never as good as the original Personal Injury Trusts – Getting Your Property in Order (post-Tribunal update) Changes to the Work Capability Assessment for ESA and UC claimants ASHE 2017 - the results are in! Show me the ... evidence! What do tulips, an 18th century import/export company, railways, Japan and technology all have in common? Timing of Trust Establishment – Part 2 Good Tidings - will there be some good news for recipients of PIP and ESA? Working together A New Year, a new crisis looming in the NHS Two decades of lost earnings growth? Discount rate and Scottish periodical payments update A zero-sum game? Claim a Power of Attorney refund Social Care Financial Assessments and Personal Injury Disregards Discount rate Data protection rules change is now imminent The Civil Liabilities Bill What’s mine is yours Choosing the Right Solicitor to Purchase Your Property within a Personal Injury Trust General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and PFP Introduction of Land Transaction Tax in Wales History lessons Testing 1-2, 1-2. The Stamp Duty Surcharge – the importance of getting things in the right order Thirty years on What are the odds? You take the high road …. or a tale of two Bills. A right pickle A decade has passed… already! Owning up: DWP finally admits official error for their failure to properly assess migrating ESA claims Court of Protection approves gift of £6,000,000 to be made by an attorney, to himself, from his mother’s assets. Fudge and caramel; are they really that different? ASHE 2018 data published Just not enough hours in the day To crystallise or not to crystallise, that is the question? Managing risk or volatility Why precision matters Richard Cropper has been invited to become a member of the Ogden Working Party Mixed Age Couples: Changes to Pension Credit and Housing Benefit The rise and rise of Inheritance Tax Welsh Rates of Income Tax Shooting Stars… Welcome Changes to the Blue Badge Eligibility Criteria Our views on the new Discount Rate Swift -v- Carpenter is to be live streamed next week Sneaky, sneaky: Universal Credit slides a little nearer Changes to NS&I savings rates Be careful that your expert is indeed that! Reflections on the demise of Woodford and the nature of managing investment funds. I can see clearly now… Private Residence Relief (PRR) and Lettings Relief and the impact on property investment (Part 1) Private Residence Relief (PRR) and Lettings Relief and the impact on property investment (Part 2) The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic Moving Swiftly on… Capital Gains Tax under review Temporary High Balance protection extended A tale of two, two trillions Court of Appeal Judgment in Swift still awaited Events, bogeymen and Rip Van Winkle Judgment in Swift to be handed down on Friday, 9th October 2020 A victory for financial sense in Swift -v- Carpenter ASHE 6115 2020 - the results are in! COVID-19 and the Phillips curve Swift -v- Carpenter - permission to appeal has been denied Security of periodical payments with Gibraltar-based insurers No Swift appeal to the Supreme Court Capital Gains Tax review is published 'Reasonable Security' sustained for Gibraltar-based insurers No big deal Brexit Things are seldom what they seem, skim milk masquerades as cream RIP RPI? True accountability? A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking real money… Sleep-in workers and the National Minimum Wage Old wine in a new bottle? Don't let the tax tail wag the investment dog Establishing a personal injury trust (PIT) where capacity to establish a trust is absent Trust who you tell LPAs under review ASHE Data 2021 Inflation - Where to next? No shortage of shortages A herd of elephants in the room. A festive message 2021 - What a year, but what next? NHS Litigation: Reform or Revolution? Part 1 – financial background Clinical negligence reform – Part 2. Evidence from two eminent lawyers. The impact of war Clinical negligence reform – Part 3. alternatives to civil litigation How bad will it get? Guernsey Personal Injury Discount Rate Consultation Sick! More cautionary tales Crackpot theories Vanishing economic growth – Part 2 Contact