The charm of buying a property in a sun-drenched corner of rural Italy or Spain is a dream many people aspire to. However, the cost of maintaining a second property abroad can be off-putting, but what if your dream purchase could pay for...

The High Court has approved a highly unusual settlement arising out of a long drawn out acrimonious divorce. On Friday Sir Geoffrey Vos, chancellor of the High Court, endorsed the payment of £282 million from the Children’s Investment...

Italy has always had a powerful charm, enticing people to its shores from all over the globe. The lure of the wonderful climate, unique history and culture, not to mention the cuisine and wines, all combine to make Italy a superb choice as a...

“Siracusao Meravigliao” – this is the name of the investigation led by the Tommaso Pagano (public prosecutor) in Augusta , a small village in the vicinities of the Sicilian town of Syracuse , aimed at unmasking the a scam led by a...

Eliran Saada, owner of Secured Options and Inside Options binary options brokers, has been arrested by the Israeli police following a complaint from one of their clients who suffered investment losses of over $500,000. Eliran Saada stands accused of...

In the London family court the exceptional divorce settlement of £453 million together with an Aston Martin worth £350,000 and an art collection valued at £90 million, granted to the wife of a foreign billionaire oil and gas trader supports...

In the current environment of constant development of digital technology, shaking the foundations of all sectors, intellectual property rights are playing an increasingly fundamental role in the technology industry. Industry sectors such as FinTech and...

The news that Alitalia, the Italian airline, is reluctantly taking the decision to file for bankruptcy is not entirely unforeseen. The troubled airline has been under pressure from all sides, not only has its busiest route – New York to Milan...

Analysis for Retired Individuals There appears to be a divide in the thinking of British ex-pats in Spain and their reaction to Brexit which is centred on the different requirements of the retired and the working population. Many individuals in both...

Immigration has enjoyed the status of the hot potato of politics for some time and with Brexit looming that is unlikely to change in the near future. Many people may choose to change their citizenship, particularly those involved with or married to a...

Financial fraud in general is expanding at a great rate with forex and binary options frauds in particular gaining ground globally. Many hundreds of people around the world are targeted each day. Frequently they are novice investors who are...

The shock announcement by Apple that it was planning sever the links with Imagination Technology, the British company whose patents Apple has been relying on in connection with the graphics in Apple devices, has caused Imagination’s shares to plummet...

Theresa May has finally triggered Article 50 which officially opens the way for formal Brexit talks. The uncertainty that surrounds this whole issue has left the British ex-pats in Europe facing unforeseen challenges. Brexit changes their position...

Theresa May’s letter has been delivered and like it or not the UK is on the way out of Europe with still no clarity as to what the status of British ex-pats living in other European countries actually is. Can they stay? Should they be making...

Italy’s new tax strategy aimed at attracting wealthy foreigners will seriously dent the advantages offered by other countries. The new flat rate tax, unveiled in Italy’s 2017 budget in March, is set at the rate of €100,000 per annum...

Although a predominantly Catholic country, Spain is regarded as one of the most LGBT-friendly nations in the world. According to the results of a poll recently conducted by the Pew Research Centre , focusing on the perception of topics such as marital...

The well-documented case of Heather Ilott and her attempt to overturn her Mother’s will appears to have come to an end with the Supreme Court ruling that, whilst she may have be granted some money from her Mother’s estate, it is a far smaller sum...

The distressing events which played out on the beach in Sousse, Tunisia in 2015 were brought back into sharp focus in the UK with the conclusion of the seven-week inquest into the British deaths and coroner Judge Nicholas Loraine-Smith’s decision in...

A landmark case in Spanish Supreme Court obliges the Spanish banks to return the money paid by the clients of property developers as deposits against properties that were to be built in the future. Law 57/1968 establishes that real estate...

Destatis (the German Federal Statistic Office), has reported that for the first time in history China has overtaken the United States of America to become Germany’s main trading partner. The reports have also shown a 4% increase in the volume of trade...