Solicitor Partner v Solicitors LLP Represented a solicitors limited
liability partnership facing high - value and bitterly - contested claims from a partner involving serious allegations of financial and regulatory impropriety against the LLP, whistleblowing and expulsion from the partnership.
Not exact matches
The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has expressed disappointment at today's announcement that Disincorporation Relief will not be extended beyond its current March 2018 expiry date.1 The relief was created to address the problems
faced by some small businesses that have chosen to be a limited company in the past and want to return to a simpler legal form, be it a sole trader or a
partnership or a limited
liability partnership.2 While there has been a very low take up of Disincorporation Relief since it was introduced in 2013 (fewer than 50 claims had been made as of March 2016) the CIOT has suggested3 that the relief might be more popular if it was broader.4 John Cullinane, CIOT Tax Policy Director, said: «It's a shame the Government are letting this relief lapse.
The applicants complained to the European Court of Human Rights, under Art 1 of the First Protocol to the Convention in conjunction with Art 14, that when one of them died, the survivor would
face a significant
liability to inheritance tax, which would not be
faced by the survivor of a marriage or a civil
partnership.
On the
face of it, 2015 - 16 limited
liability partnership accounts for the UK's top 50 law firms show a positive headline, with revenues increasing on average 3.7 % (compared with a prior year increase of 1.8 %).