LPAs under review

Government Consultation launched 20th July 2021

Trust who you tell

Ian Rowe considers the impact of the Trust Registration Service

​Establishing a personal injury trust (PIT) where capacity to establish a trust is absent

James Rooney sets out the perfect solution to the LPA problem

Don't let the tax tail wag the investment dog

Old wine in a new bottle?

Ian Gunn tries to keep up with the changing face of money.

Sleep-in workers and the National Minimum Wage

Ian Gunn looks at the Supreme Court Judgment in Mrs Claire Tomlinson-Blake’s case against her employer, Mencap, which was handed down on 19th March 2021.

A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking real money…

Ian Gunn considers whether cash is still ‘real money’.

True accountability?

Ian Gunn considers the investigation of Dame Elizabeth Gloster into London Capital & Finance plc (“LCF”), a failed financial firm, and into the Financial Conduct Authority’s regulation of it. Her report was presented to Parliament at the end of last year.

​RIP RPI?

Ian Gunn considers whether the Retail Prices Index finally to be laid to rest

Things are seldom what they seem, skim milk masquerades as cream

​Investors would do well to bear in mind these words from Gilbert & Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore, since things are seldom what they seem in financial markets. Ian Gunn considers a couple of examples, past and present.