In May 2016, the British Government announced its intention to introduce a new Bill to simplify the complex Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme (the Scheme). The Small Charitable Donations Bill will be constructed from feedback received during a consultation process which ran from April to July 2016. The new Bill has been welcomed by charity […]
Do you have a Sponsor Licence? What You Can Learn from The Byron Hamburger Case – Stuck between a bun and a hard place? It was almost biblical. Conjuring up images of the great plagues unleashed by Moses in the Exodus story, two protest groups released a “swarm of insects” into two of Byron Hamburger’s […]
Flood damage is messy and devastating. It leaves family memories and treasured possessions sodden and ruined. The worst thing to say to a person affected by a natural disaster is; “it’s only stuff”. Maybe so, but it’s my stuff, my history and in some cases my dreams. Global warming means the flood risk in many parts of Britain is only going […]
Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, the sixth Duke of Westminster passed away last week. His son, Hugh Grosvenor, inherits not only his late father’s title, but a fortune of around £9.35 billion, making him the third richest man in Britain (and arguably the country’s most eligible bachelor after Price Harry). He also will not have to have […]
Public confidence in the NHS is vital. It is an institution that the British public are proud of – and rightly so. Doctors, nurses and other health professionals, not to mention thousands of administrative staff do a tremendous job of looking after the sick and injured. In April this year, to help improve peoples’ certainty […]
How Choosing the Country you Divorce in Can Affect the Financial Settlement The divorce of Christina Estrada and Saudi businessman Sheikh Walid Juffali will be forever remembered for the amount of money Ms Estrada stated that she needed to maintain her lifestyle. Under cross-examination, the former supermodel stated that she required: £40,000 a year for […]
Ever After Is Applying for Indefinite Leave to Remain a Fairytale or a Nightmare? “Settling into a new country is like getting used to a new pair of shoes. At first they pinch a little, but you like the way they look, so you carry on. The longer you have them, the more comfortable they […]
Chilcot – The Fallout One hundred and seventy-nine. That is the number of British Soldiers who lost their lives in the Iraq War between 2003 and 2009. I would like to apply the same numerical certainty to the number of Iraqi citizens who died as a result of the conflict but it is impossible. First […]
Ever purchased a pair of trousers only to have a button fail as you run for the tube and then spent the next few hours trying to discretely hold the garment together? Ever bought a tablet for your child, only to find it won’t switch on after a few weeks? What can you do if […]
