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What are perpetual, irrevocable and royalty-free licences?

What are perpetual, irrevocable and royalty-free licences?Licences are sometimes expressed to be ‘perpetual’, ‘irrevocable’ or ‘royalty-free’, but...

Reputational damage claims—alternative causes of action

Reputational damage claims—alternative causes of actionThis Practice Note considers the relationship between causes of action for reputational damage...

Defamation

DefamationThe tort of defamation is governed by a mixture of statute and common law. The relevant statutory law is contained in:•the Defamation Act...

Software escrow

Software escrowIntroductionEscrow is the process of two or more parties placing property or instruments in the hands of a trusted third party (an...

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Defamation—limitation

Defamation—limitationThe ordinary time limit for defamation and malicious falsehood claimsA claimant must commence a claim for defamation within one...

Produced in partnership with 5RB

30th May

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Defamation and malicious falsehood—publication

Defamation and malicious falsehood—publicationThis Practice Note examines the role of publication in an action for defamation or malicious falsehood....

Produced in partnership with 5RB

30th May

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Defamation—defences

Defamation—defencesDefencesThere are a number of substantive defences to a defamation claim, the majority of which are now, since the Defamation Act...

Produced in partnership with 5RB

30th May

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Malicious falsehood

Malicious falsehoodThis Practice Note provides an introduction to the tort of malicious falsehood. Unlike a claim for defamation, there is no...

Produced in partnership with 5RB

2nd Jun

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Defamation and social media

Defamation and social mediaThe internet and, in particular, social media is a high risk area for defamation litigation. Content posted on blogs,...

Produced in partnership with 5RB

30th May

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Websites—compliance requirements

Websites—compliance requirementsConsideration of electronic data interchange (EDI) arrangements, blockchain, smart contracts or sector-specific laws...

2nd Jun

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Deepfakes

DeepfakesThis Practice Note considers the following legal issues, technical information and applications of deepfakes:•What is a deepfake?•How...

Produced in partnership with Oliver Lock of Farrer & Co

30th May

Artificial Intelligence Guidance on Lexis+

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Does the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 apply to business-to-business contracts and to what extent might it restrict a contract term permitting variation of terms and conditions on notice?

Does the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 apply to business-to-business contracts and to what extent might it restrict a contract term permitting...

30th May

Precedents

Notice and take-down letter—defamation

Notice and take-down letter—defamationAddress of Website OperatorDear [insert organisation name]Notice and take-down letterWe act for [insert client...

30th May

Q&As

What do the words ‘defend, indemnify and hold harmless’ mean?

What do the words ‘defend, indemnify and hold harmless’ mean?Contractual words and phrases such as the term 'defend, indemnify and hold harmless' have...

30th May

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Using framework agreements for services

Using framework agreements for servicesFramework agreements (sometimes referred to as master services agreements) are essentially umbrella agreements...

Produced in partnership with Tim Wright of Fladgate

2nd Jun

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Do you have a letter of claim (cease and desist) letter for slander damaging professional reputation?

Do you have a letter of claim (cease and desist) letter for slander damaging professional reputation?We do not have a Precedent letter of claim which...

2nd Jun

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Copyright in films and television programmes

Copyright in films and television programmesFor the purposes of copyright law the term 'film' means a recording, on any medium, from which a moving...

Produced in partnership with Greg Ruback of Bristows, Jake Palmer of Bristows and Richard Dickinson of Bristows

2nd Jun

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Television format rights

Television format rightsWhat is a television format?A television format is a concept or idea for a television programme or series of programmes...

2nd Jun

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Digital rights management

Digital rights managementThis Practice Note explains the legal and practical issues relevant to digital rights management and discusses the extent to...

2nd Jun

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Resale of second-hand software

Resale of second-hand softwareWhen commercial software is acquired from a software supplier, a non-exclusive licence is usually all that is obtained....

30th May

Most recent Estates—income tax and CGT content

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Tax treatment of capital received by beneficiaries under a Will

Tax treatment of capital received by beneficiaries under a WillOn an individual's death, their personal representatives (PRs) will need to calculate...

16th Jun

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Tax treatment of income received by beneficiaries under a Will

Tax treatment of income received by beneficiaries under a WillOn an individual's death, the personal representatives (PRs) will generally wish to...

12th Jun

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CGT—PPR relief for trusts and estates

CGT—PPR relief for trusts and estatesThis Practice Note outlines the circumstances in which trustees of a settlement or the personal representatives...

12th Jun

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Income tax and capital gains tax during administration

Income tax and capital gains tax during administrationWhen the estate of a deceased individual is being administered, the assets will often generate...

12th Jun

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Taxation of trusts and estates—trading income

Taxation of trusts and estates—trading incomeIt is possible for trustees or personal representatives to be trading. For example, if a self-employed...

12th Jun

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Estate Registration Service

Estate Registration ServiceHMRC's online Trust Registration Service (TRS) was designed to implement the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and...

12th Jun

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Estate tax returns and informal procedures

Estate tax returns and informal proceduresIs a tax return required?Personal representatives (PRs) have a duty to report to HMRC any untaxed income...

12th Jun

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The deceased's tax position

The deceased's tax positionThis Practice Note was originally produced in partnership with Tolley.When an individual dies, their estate is liable to...

12th Jun

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Taxation of trusts and estates—property income

Taxation of trusts and estates—property incomeA property business is one which generates income from land (see below as to the meaning of generating...

12th Jun

Q&As

Where an individual died over 30 years ago leaving no Will and the only asset in their estate was a residential property which has been occupied by one of the two beneficiaries (under the intestacy rules) throughout, what options are available to the deceased's personal representative to mitigate capital gains tax (CGT) on the sale of the property?

Where an individual died over 30 years ago leaving no Will and the only asset in their estate was a residential property which has been occupied by...

10th Jun

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Is it possible for the trustees of an offshore trust to claim business asset disposal relief on the sale of a UK company, if the beneficiary has a life interest in the trust and is UK resident and UK domiciled?

Is it possible for the trustees of an offshore trust to claim business asset disposal relief on the sale of a UK company, if the beneficiary has a...

10th Jun

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Do the requirements for a complex estate to be registered and report estate income and gains via the Estate Registration Service apply where the total proceeds of any assets sold in a tax year during the administration period exceeds £500k or only where the proceeds of an individual asset sale exceed this amount? Is the disposal of an ISA covered by these requirements?

Do the requirements for a complex estate to be registered and report estate income and gains via the Estate Registration Service apply where the total...

9th Jun

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How is an interest in jointly-owned real property valued for capital gains tax purposes when given away for no consideration? Is a discount to deemed market value applied to reflect joint ownership?

How is an interest in jointly-owned real property valued for capital gains tax purposes when given away for no consideration? Is a discount to deemed...

9th Jun

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How far back does an executor's duty extend in investigating whether historic disposals were made by the deceased and if these were reported to HMRC at the time?

How far back does an executor's duty extend in investigating whether historic disposals were made by the deceased and if these were reported to HMRC...

9th Jun

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What are the tax implications of an assignment by remainder beneficiaries of their entitlement under a Will trust, more than two years after the testator’s death?

What are the tax implications of an assignment by remainder beneficiaries of their entitlement under a Will trust, more than two years after the...

9th Jun

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A transfers his property to a trust for his son however, A continues to live at the property. A does not pay a regular full market rent to the trust and instead makes several ad hoc payments in lieu of rent on behalf of the trust (mainly to cover trust tax and expenses) and his son. The total of these ad hoc payments significantly exceeds the total market rent which should have been paid. Will these payments in lieu of rent prevent a gift with reservation of benefit?

A transfers his property to a trust for his son however, A continues to live at the property. A does not pay a regular full market rent to the trust...

9th Jun

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Where an estate contains two properties with one sold at a gain as compared to date of death value and one sold at a loss and where the CGT position has already been reported in Self Assessment returns, in what circumstances can the personal representatives claim for loss on sale of land relief for inheritance tax purposes?

Where an estate contains two properties with one sold at a gain as compared to date of death value and one sold at a loss and where the CGT position...

9th Jun

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Where the sale of an estate asset by personal representatives attracts CGT, is the CGT payable from the net sale proceeds or the residuary estate?

Where the sale of an estate asset by personal representatives attracts CGT, is the CGT payable from the net sale proceeds or the residuary estate?This...

9th Jun

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If assets within an estate receive income (rental income and dividends) during the estate administration period and those assets are subsequently appropriated to a beneficiary, is the income received on those assets from date of death to the date of the appropriation due to the beneficiary or due to the residuary estate or otherwise?

If assets within an estate receive income (rental income and dividends) during the estate administration period and those assets are subsequently...

9th Jun

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What is the income tax treatment of a residuary beneficiary under a Will?

What is the income tax treatment of a residuary beneficiary under a Will?For guidance on income tax during the period of administration and the income...

9th Jun