Ex-footballer Shearer in court over negligent financial advice
Alan Shearer is taking legal action against his former financial adviser after being given what he claims was negligent financial advice related to pension investments.
Alan Shearer is taking legal action against his former financial adviser after being given what he claims was negligent financial advice related to pension investments.
After an astonishing general election that delivered a hung UK parliament, there has been nothing but political uncertainty in recent weeks. All eyes now turn to the delayed Queen’s Speech on 19 June, setting out the legislative programme for this year. Click on the arrows in picture below to see five things likely to come…
Gibraltar has lost a landmark legal battle to be recognised as a separate EU state for tax purposes, in a ruling that deals a further blow to the British overseas territory’s hopes of securing a special status post-Brexit.
Any hopes the Bank of England could soon hike interest rates have been dashed after news of the UK’s soaring inflation emerged on Tuesday, so should we settle in for the ‘new normal’ of an inflationary world?
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) received 15% more complaints about pensions in 2016/2017, with Sipps one of the most complained about products, despite a 6% drop in the number of people contacting the financial redress service.
Nearly half of the investigations handled by the Channel Islands’ Financial Ombudsman (CIFO) last year related to investments and funds, with financial advice the single most complained about area.
Ongoing delays to the introduction of new rules governing how UK non-domiciles are taxed could be “disastrous” for taxpayers who have already prepared for the changes, which were expected to come into force in April this year.
A UK high court has banned HMRC from examining material seized from Newcastle United’s football stadium following a legal challenge mounted by the club.
The thesaurus doesn’t offer a decent alternative to “uncertainty”, the post-election word du jour, yet Theresa May’s dire performance makes it likely we will be reading the word many times a day for the foreseeable future.
As Britain adjusts to the news that prime minister Theresa May will form a minority government backed by Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionists, advisers around the world expect that the UK’s shocking hung parliament result will lead to a “softer Brexit” approach.
The UK Conservative Party’s pledge to introduce a so-called ‘dementia tax’ could have cost prime minister Theresa May a clear majority in the UK general election, say UK advisers, as Britain now faces the prospect of a Conservative government backed by Northern Ireland Unionists.
The universally acknowledged poor decision by UK prime minister Theresa May to call a snap election and then alienate her core voting base, resulting in a hung parliament, initially dented sterling by around 2% but has had little real impact on the stock market.