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United Kingdom · United KingdomThe Exchequer raked in a record £6.7bn in inheritance tax between 2022 and 2023, as a longstanding freeze on the tax-free threshold and ballooning asset prices meant more estates were sucked in to paying the unpopular levy. The overall earnings from inheritance tax rose by over £700m in the tax year 2022/3, official data showed, a year on year jump of 12 per cent. HMRC attributed much of the added haul derived from more estates becoming liable t…See the Story
Inheritance Tax Nets Record £6.7bn Before Budget Raid

Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'AzurNew images of Le Provençal, the long-awaited super-prime redevelopment of a historic Art Deco building on the French Riviera, are published today by Spear’s for the first time. The project is nearly complete, according to billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist John Caudwell, whose firm Caudwell is the developer of the scheme. The first owners are due to move in later this month, occupying some of the 41 residences, which are valued at up to…Read Article
First look: Exclusive images of John Caudwell’s £300m Le Provençal

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · Abu DhabiA 39-year-old from the Caribbean has filed for a landmark divorce settlement of Dh1 billion ($272 million) at Abu Dhabi Civil Family Court. The couple, who were married for 20 years, began divorce proceedings in April, citing irreconcilable differences. This latest settlement case is believed to be the largest to an expat woman in a no-fault divorce case by the court and comes after an American woman in the UAE was awarded more than Dh100 millio…Read Article