Lord Lucan has been back in the news, with his son’s bid to inherit the title from his father, who disappeared in 1974 after the family nanny was found murdered. But it throws into sharp focus the plight of around 30 – 40 families a year who lose a family member but are unable to prove… Read More Lord Lucan is presumed dead, but what about other missing people?

Most STEP members, almost wherever they are based, would probably agree that we are facing a real risk of bureaucratic meltdown. Practitioners have only just negotiated the joys of the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, FATCA, but they must now focus on the Common Reporting Standard, CRS (not forgetting the UK/Crown Dependencies and Overseas… Read More Money laundering and ‘The Red Tape Challenge’

This week the IRS confirmed that it has begun fulfilling its obligations to those jurisdictions with which the US government has signed a Model 1A inter-governmental agreement. Under the reciprocal exchange accords, it has transmitted information on those who are tax resident outside the US to the relevant national tax authorities. This puts the spotlight… Read More The US’s status under the CRS

The Private Client industry continues to grow as a legal area and demand for private client legal services will only increase as the UK’s demographics change. It is good news, then, that a new apprenticeship in probate has been approved. The apprenticeships will open the door to a younger and more diverse labour pool than… Read More Specialist apprenticeships on the way