by johnireland | Tax Talk
Giving the family home to the children and carrying on living in it does not work for Inheritance Tax. It is a gift with reservation of benefit — HMRC’s rules at IHTM14300 onwards. The house is treated as still in your estate on death, at its value then. The...
by johnireland | Articles
There is a quiet piece of admin sitting in the diary of almost every company in the country, and it has a hard edge to it. Since 18 November 2025, verifying your identity with Companies House has been a legal requirement rather than a nice idea. For existing...
by johnireland | The Book Shelf
Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman argues that a human life is roughly four thousand weeks long, and that productivity systems fail because they promise mastery over a finitude you cannot master. The efficiency trap: getting faster attracts more work, it does not...
by johnireland | The Book Shelf
Clayton Christensen was a Harvard Business School professor known for disruptive innovation theory. In How Will You Measure Your Life?, written with James Allworth and Karen Dillon, he turns his management ideas onto personal life instead of companies. He borrows...
by johnireland | Legal Spotlight
Ginger v Mickleburgh is a recent High Court case about a Will that was thrown out because the person who made it lacked the mental capacity to do so. Michael Gwilliam signed a Will in 2014 that cut his four daughters’ inheritance in favour of his sister, her son...
