Private Wealth and Trust Disputes Notes

ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING IN FOCUS

Private Wealth & Charities Podcast EP11: Trust Companies Survey – Anti-Money Laundering

Tax Treaty Interpretation: The Limits of Fiction

In Fowler v HMRC [2020] UKSC 22, the Supreme Court determined that a statutory fiction created by a deeming provision of UK tax law did not affect how …

Cyber security in focus

Private Wealth & Charities Podcast EP10: Trust Companies Survey – Cyber security

APAC Monthly Private Wealth Legal Developments - May 2020

Welcome to Herbert Smith Freehills' new monthly private wealth industry updates in Asia. Every month we survey ten Asian jurisdictions for legal …

HSF TRUST COMPANIES SURVEY - TAX INSIGHTS

Private Wealth & Charities Podcast EP9: Trust Companies Survey – Tax

GROWING BODY OF COMMON LAW DECISIONS THAT CRYPTOCURRENCIES CAN AMOUNT TO PROPERTY: RUSCOE v CRYPTOPIA LIMITED (IN LIQUIDATION) CIV-2019-409-000544 [2020] NZHC 728

On 8 April 2020, the High Court of New Zealand issued a judgment concluding that cryptocurrencies are a species of intangible personal property capable …

Rapid resolution of domicile disputes: be careful what you wish for

In Henkes v HMRC [2020] UKFTT 7645 (“Henkes”), the First-tier (Tax) Tribunal (“the Tribunal”) held that (a) it could (and would) determine the taxpayer’s …

Trust Survey – the data privacy angle

Private Wealth & Charities EP8: Trust Companies Survey – Data protection