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UK Law Weekly

Routier v Commissioners for HMRC [2019] UKSC 43

The relationship between the Channel Islands and the UK is fairly settled but in this case a new element is added into the equation: the European Union. The background to the dispute is relief from inheritance tax but in these proceedings the Supreme Court also

Supreme Court by Tom Morris

Ilott v The Blue Cross [2017] UKSC 17

When Mrs Jackson died and left her daughter nothing because of a family dispute that had spanned decades, legal action always looked likely. Jackson’s daughter argued that she should be entitled to maintenance under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 but the