Legal column

Seventy-one per cent of people admit they don’t understand how IHT works. Here’s the low-down

The main considerations as changes to the regime announced in 2024 Budget get closer

The clock is ticking. Having announced in last year’s Budget that private pension savings will fall within the inheritance-tax (IHT) net from April 2027 onwards, the government has just published more

What can cause family fall-outs, financial stress or costly legal action? The answer is wills – or a lack of them. If you have an up-to-date will, great job! But if you haven’t got around to making on

If you’re getting divorced, take note of a new change in the law, counsels Paul Lewis

Stephen Simmons says the British Embassy in Bangkok helped foster more than a century of excellent UK-Thai relations until Jack Straw and Boris Johnson came along to ...