Legal Updates

Change to approach for availability of Business Property Relief (‘BPR’) for furnished holiday lets

Posted on 24 Apr 2012 in Legal Updates

In the case of Pawson (deceased) v HMRC, heard earlier this year, the First-tier Tribunal ruled that a property let as a holiday cottage for BPR. To ...

Change to approach for availability of Agricultural Property Relief (‘APR’) for farmhouses

Posted on 24 Apr 2012 in Legal Updates

There were two significant cases concerning APR last year, RCC v Executors of Atkinson and Golding v HMRC.

APR is available on properties on ...

Property Ownership between cohabitants

Posted on 24 Apr 2012 in Legal Updates

Regular readers may recall we reported on the decision in the case of Jones v Kernott in the early part of 2010. 

The impact for private clients of the Budget 2012

Posted on 24 Apr 2012 in Legal Updates

It is fair to say that the 2012 Budget was divisive, with the media typically sensationalising the Chancellor’s reduction of the 50% rate of income ...

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Pawson v HMRC

Posted on 24 Apr 2012 in Legal Updates

The First-Tier Tribunal (FTT) came to a surprising conclusion when deciding the case of Pawson v HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) which could prove ...