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July 31, 2026
The U.K.'s inheritance tax can apply to a corporate settlor of a trust when the trustees aren't domestic residents, the Upper Tribunal said Friday in a decision involving a company challenging its liability for the tax in relation to a Jersey trust.
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July 31, 2026
The executors of a deceased man's estate are not eligible for a 100% inheritance tax break on his London-based serviced offices because they were an investment rather than a trade, the Upper Tribunal said in a judgment.
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July 31, 2026
A company can be held liable by the U.K. tax authority for inheritance tax on assets held in an offshore trust, a London tribunal ruled Friday, saying a secondary liability rule applies to businesses, not just individuals.
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July 31, 2026
A U.K. commodities trader kept its nearly $7 million fraud claim against Indian metals tycoon Prateek Gupta in English courts Friday, after a London appellate court dismissed his arguments the dispute should take place in another jurisdiction.
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July 31, 2026
A London judge restricted the activities of two in-house lawyers at Takeda on Friday to ensure they don't use Advanz's confidential information for purposes that fall outside their ongoing bowel disease drug patent clash.
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