Case Study: VAT – When is a book not a book? (December 2009)
A small commercial law firm referred one of their clients for help in establishing the VAT...
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Case Study: Stamp Duty Land Tax - Transfer of property to a corporate partner on partnership dissolution (November 2009)
A husband (H) and wife (W) are in partnership, through a limited liability partnership (LLP), with...
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Case Study: Stamp Duty Land Tax – Option to renew lease or break clause (April 2009)
Is it preferable for SDLT purposes to have a 5 year lease with option to renew for further 5 years...
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Case Study: UK - US corporate joint venture – Choice of vehicle (January 2008)
UK Co. operated a share registration business in the UK. US Bank had a similar business in the US....
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Case Study: Sale of loss-making company – Construction of wording in share sale agreement (September 2007)
A loss-making company (L Ltd) was sold for £1. At the time of sale, L Ltd had significant...
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Case Study: Tax partner for hire (December 2005 to July 2006)
A large law firm for which we had been doing ad hoc tax consultancy, lost both its only tax partner...
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