MEHJOO

Andrew Goldstone and Victoria Turner review recent developments in the private client sphere

Advisers offering unsolicited tax advice can assume a duty of care. Stephen Smith reviews the Mehjoo decision regarding the limits of implied duties

Peter Vaines believes that the Court of Appeal has reached the right decision in the Mehjoo case.

A look back on some of this year’s key developments:

• Mike Lane takes stock on the BEPS project, and what to expect;
• David Quentin gives an outspoken view on how business and tax professionals responded to the tax avoidance debate in 2013;
• Adam Craggs sums up some cautionary tales for advisers in the light of the BAA, Mehjoo and Cotter decisions this year.

Jonathan Levy and Nigel Brook consider the need to remain alive to the professional duties owed to clients