The Chancellor has announced new inheritance tax and capital gains tax rules.

We immediately sought clarification from the tax man as the new rules are not quite as simple as the headlines make out. read more

Sylvester Mackett is pleased to announce that Yeing-Lang Chong has been promoted to Associate.

Yeing-Lang, who lives in Bath and qualified as a solicitor in 2001, has been with Sylvester Mackett since May 2005. read more

The right to flexible working was originally introduced in April 2003 to allow flexible working for parents of children under 6 or under 18 for a disabled child. However, this right proved so successful that the Government decided to extend these rights. From 6th April 2007, the right to request flexible working was extended by the Act for carers of adults. read more

A large part of the Act came into force on 1 October 2007. Among the most important changes are the following:-

1. The codification of directors’ duties for the first time in English law which will oblige directors to:-

• Act in accordance with the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association and to exercise their powers as directors only for the purposes for which those powers were conferred. read more