Cross-Border Estate Planning between the UK & EU - Recent Case Law & Developments

Introduction

The task of staying up to date as an advisor of cross-border clients is an ever-moving target.

With the UK in uncharted waters as an ex-EU member state, the impact of COVID-19, an apparent backlash against Brussels IV on the continent, and the Pandora Papers adding yet more momentum in the movement to restrict cross-border tax-planning opportunities and increase transparency, this has never been truer than now.

This new webinar will look at recent developments and case-law affecting European estate planning for both UK and EU advisors.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Current trends in cross-border tax and transparency, and fiscal response to COVID in Europe
• Recent changes in UK tax for non-UK persons
• Brexit and the European Succession regulation (Brussels IV)
• New risks of forced heirship
• Mistakes to avoid with choice of law elections under Brussels IV
• How to determine applicable law under English private international law - an update on recent case-law
• Immigration - the rise of the digital nomad visa in the wake of COVID
• How to deal with foreign real property owned by UK minors - recent cases

This webinar was recorded on 21st March 2022