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Lexis®PSL Private Client monthly highlights—July 2016

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Published on: 29 July 2016

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Table of contents

Brexit: Implications for Private Clients
Disclosure of tax avoidance schemes: Inheritance tax
Finance Bill 2016
Headlines (News updates & analysis)
UK government: Philip Hammond is the new Chancellor of the Exchequer
Civil procedure rules
Contentious trusts and estates
Court of Protection
Charities
UK taxation: Anti–avoidance

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Article summary

July 2016 highlights from the Lexis®PSL Private Client team. This month’s highlights include: (1) Further reaction to the result of the UK’s EU referendum and the implications of Brexit, (2) discussion on the responses to the government’s consultation on its proposals to extend the disclosure of tax avoidance scheme (DOTAS) hallmarks for inheritance tax (IHT) and (3) an update on the Finance Bill 2016, which is due to begin its Report stage on 5 September 2016.

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