Murray Beith Murray is a leading Scottish private client law firm.
For over 170 years we have specialised in meeting the legal, financial and administrative needs of individuals and families, family trusts, charities and private companies.
The impact of the current COVID-19 outbreak is temporarily affecting almost every aspect of our lives at the moment, and no less so for rural businesses, landowners, landlords and tenants.
As the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic reaches into almost every aspect of our lives, the demand on many charity services are seeing an unprecedented rise and funding has never been more important. You may be considering how you can help a cause which is important to you, at this time, and this blog considers how you can donate in ways that are tax efficient to you, and which can benefit your chosen charity also.
Notwithstanding Brexit, the EU 5th Anti Money Laundering Directive (5MLD) must now be implemented by the UK Government and has a significant impact on trusts. Changes include an extension to the range of trusts that must be registered and a requirement for trusts to share certain information on publicly accessible registers. In this post, we look in more detail at the changes introduced by 5MLD and how UK trusts might be affected.
In what is an unprecedented time, it is important that you can continue to manage your personal legal affairs in the most efficient way possible and feel supported in doing so.
The impact of the current COVID-19 outbreak is temporarily affecting almost every aspect of our lives at the moment, and no less so for property buyers and sellers.
