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SFE warning about LPAs

85% Of People Leave Life-Changing Decisions In The Hands Of Strangers An alarming new report conducted by Solicitors For the Elderly (SFE) reveals people in South East leaving major decisions...
October (along with April) is always a busy month for employment law. It’s when changes take effect. These include, from 1 October 2015: An increase in the National Minimum Wage...
In this Edition: October Changes Facebook Comments Can Be Used In Dismissals Years Later Working time for mobile workers Scope of HR role in disciplinaries Equal treatment of agency workers...
Clifton Ingram have been successful in Corporate Vision’s 2015 European Corporate Excellence Awards, winning the “Best for TUPE Law – UK’ category. The 2015 European Corporate Excellence Awards are all...
Date: 22 October 2015 Place: The Leander Club, Henley-on-Thames Time: 2.00-5.00pm Another of our popular wealth management events, for individuals concerned about preserving their wealth now and later in life....
The Legal 500 is the leading guide to UK law firms, and ranks and recommends solicitors based on their specialist skills. These findings are based on evidence gathered by the...
Reading Borough Council and West Berkshire District Council recently brought a joint challenge to quash the planning practice guidance (PPG) which exempts small development sites from the need to have...

Shareholder Agreements

We have recently seen a rise in the number of disputes arising between company shareholders where the parties have not entered into a shareholders’ agreement. In particular, this is becoming...
Peter McGeown, Head of Tax Planning, Wills & Probate at Clifton Ingram LLP Solicitors, has been elected to serve on the STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) Council of...

Tax on Termination Payments

Whether or not a payment made to an employee on termination of employment can be paid tax free has caused all sorts of confusion over the years. For example, a...
Fundamentally, you can’t change the terms of an employment contract without the other side’s agreement. All contracts are made up of legally enforceable promises, so each side knows where it...
Clifton Ingram’s Employment team have been awarded the title of ‘Recognised Leader in Employment Tribunal Claims’ in Acquisition International’s Sector Performance Awards. The Awards are intended to congratulate and publicise...
Chancellor George Osborne announced in the Summer Budget that he will restrict the relief on finance costs, including mortgage interest payments, available to individual landlords of residential property to the...
Chancellor George Osborne announced in the Summer Budget that the Government would add an additional £100,000 ‘main residence’ property allowance in April 2017, rising by £25,000 each year until it...

Stamp Duty Rates

In 2014 the Government announced a reform of what had been called “one of the worst-designed taxes in Britain” – Stamp Duty. Although the changes mean there are still losers...
Clifton Ingram are proud to sponsor the newly launched Wokingham Alzheimer’s Café which provides a place for those living with dementia-related illnesses and their carers to get together to offer...
There have been a number of important cases in recent months which may have an impact upon your business… What is a reasonable investigation in a disciplinary? Five year old...
Clifton Ingram Solicitors is delighted to announce that Trust and Tax Manager Denise Drammis has been elected as the Branch Chair (Thames Valley) of the Society of Trust and Estate...
Charities and Commercial Property lawyer Dennis Eyriey will celebrate a career that has spanned 50 years at Clifton Ingram Solicitors this April. Dennis qualified as a Solicitor in 1960, and...
Please find our Spring 2015 issue of Citation, the newsletter from Clifton Ingram Solicitors. You can access our newsletter as a PDF clicking this link Citation Spring 2015 or if...
Clifton Ingram is once again one of the top donating Will Aid law firms nationally by raising over £12,500 for charity during its recent Will Aid campaign. Will Aid is...
A shortage of new homes being built and a renewed demand for new housing has put pressure on local government to allow applications on land which may not have been...
What is it? A Community Infrastructure Levy is a fee issued by Local Authorities on new buildings or the development of existing buildings. Whilst Local Authorities do not have to...
Shared Parental Leave: Are you ready for the new regime? The introduction of shared parental leave from April 2015 will affect all employers. After the normal two weeks compulsory maternity...
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