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The art world is known for its privacy and discretion. Artworks are purchased by undisclosed buyers for undisclosed sums and often little is known of their whereabouts.

If you are a trustee of a UK resident trust or of a non-resident trust which has UK assets or UK source income you may need to take action before 5 January 2018.

To date there has been little authority for the interpretation of family trusts.

Judgments of the Family Courts are often dismissed as the preserve of warring couples or parents in dispute and seen as having little relevance to other spheres of life.

Universal Wealth Preservation (Universal) was an unregulated company that set up trusts, handled investment and produced Wills – often appointing themselves as executors and trustees.

On 4th July 2019, The Montreux Healthcare Fund announced that it had acquired respiratory care company Remeo Healthcare through its investee company The Active Care Group for an undisclosed sum.

After nearly one and half years, HMRC have delayed the changes relating to most anti-avoidance provisions regarding the taxation of non-domiciliaries in the UK.

If you are the trustee of a trust or the manager of a fund, you may have registered to file FATCA reports.

The Autumn Statement preserves the current 100% capital gains tax relief on disposals to Employee Ownership Trusts (EOTs), but new regulations will tighten EOT qualification criteria starting October 2024.

Have you thought about using a discretionary trust created in your lifetime as a way of protecting your family's assets in the future?

The English courts are getting tough on individuals who claim to have no control over trust assets when the reality is very different.

This articles briefly summarises the usual role and responsibilities of the Employee Ownership Trust in hybrid and indirect ownership trust structures...

The European Parliament voted on 20 February 2014 to bring trusts within the ambit of the Fourth Money Laundering Directive.

In July the Chief Executive of the Education & Skills Funding Agency (ESFA), David Withey, wrote to all chairs of trustees at academy schools.

Many UK advisors believe that FATCA only applies to UK trusts if there are US beneficiaries, settlors, or investments.

In its drive to obtain and make public information about the beneficial ownership of UK assets, the government has published legislation intended to force non‑UK companies holding UK land to provide details...

Sandy's comments appear in the article "How Rich Families Use Trusts That Last as Long as 1,000 Years to Save on Taxes and Benefit Future Heirs," discussing the ways in which rich Americans...