Key Benefits
- Identify tax issues across cohabitation, marriage, civil partnerships, separation, and divorce more confidently
- Advise more effectively on property transfers, reliefs, exemptions, and financial arrangements during relationship changes
- Anticipate capital gains tax, inheritance tax, and SDLT consequences in settlements, trusts, and asset transfers
Do You Need to Attend This Course?
Private client tax professionals and accountants
Solicitors advising on family, trusts, or tax law
Estate planners and wealth managers
Compliance professionals and financial advisers
Technical Content
Introduction and Relationship Structures
Legal definitions: cohabitation, civil partnerships, marriage, divorce
Overview of tax issues across the relationship lifecycle
Summary of key questions and risks
Cohabitation and Tax
Legal rights and limitations of cohabitants
Property tax treatment: joint tenants vs. tenants in common
CGT, SDLT, and IHT issues when couples separate informally
Case studies: transfers and the Inheritance Act 1975
Civil Partnerships and Tax
Legal recognition and obligations under the Civil Partnership Act 2004
Application of marriage-related tax reliefs and exemptions
SDLT and CGT benefits
Income tax treatment and sharing of allowances
Marriage – Tax Benefits and Planning
Marriage allowance and beneficial ownership declarations
“No gain, no loss” CGT rules for spouses
PPR relief, main residence elections
IHT spouse exemption and domicile considerations
Tax and Separation
Tax effects of separation agreements
Transfer of property and timing issues (before/after tax year)
CGT implications of informal or permanent separation
IHT and SDLT changes once spouses cease cohabiting
Divorce and Tax Settlements
Legal framework: decrees, maintenance, and property adjustment orders
CGT planning in asset transfers under court orders
Impact on PPR relief, business assets, and pension arrangements
Trusts and the effect of TCGA 1992, s.70
Complex Issues and Final Q&A
Transfers into and from trusts during and post-divorce
Dealing with spouses under HMRC investigation
Clawback, indemnities, and recovery mechanisms
Tax consequences of annulments
Wrap-up, case study review, and participant questions
Training Objectives
Participants identify the effects of relationship status on personal taxation
Training gives professionals the confidence to advise clients on tax-efficient structuring of property and financial arrangements during marriage, civil partnerships, and cohabitation
CGT, IHT, and SDLT implications in separation and divorce will be fully understood
Individuals are given the ability to anticipate tax issues in asset transfers, trusts, and matrimonial settlements
Apply relevant reliefs and exemptions to minimise client exposure
Training Course Summary
Redcliffe’s comprehensive training provides a practical and legal overview of the tax consequences arising from cohabitation, marriage, civil partnerships, separation, and divorce. Using real-world scenarios and legal analysis, sessions help advisers understand how relationship changes impact income tax, capital gains tax, inheritance tax, and stamp duty (including SDLT). This course is essential for tax professionals, lawyers, accountants, and advisers involved in family structuring and tax planning.
Your trainer
Course Trainer · 10 yrs experience
- Personal Tax Courses
Called to the Bar in 1995, this trainer brings a wealth of experience gained from a distinguished career spanning both the independent Bar and senior positions within leading City and international law firms. He has also worked in New York and the Cayman Islands. His practice is dispute-led, with a strong emphasis on the intersection between legal, commercial, and tax issues.
He is a specialist in tax law and its associated fields, including commercial chancery, equity, company law, cryptocurrency and digital assets, partnerships, insolvency, and professional negligence. He advises on complex investigations regularly for corporate entities, individuals, and HMRC at both trial and appellate levels.
Appearing regularly in courts and tribunals across the UK, including London, Manchester, and Edinburgh, he acts both as sole counsel and as part of larger legal teams. Much of his work involves high-value or technically challenging disputes, often arising from cross-border transactions or cases with voluminous documentation. He has experience advising and representing individuals in matters involving allegations of fraud, including criminal tax investigations.
The trainer was awarded a PhD (University of London) in Tax Law relating to intellectual property and its exploitation. He is co-author of Taxation of Intellectual Property (Bloomsbury Publishing), A Practical Guide to Tax Disputes (Lexis) and Internet Business (Commerce and Tax) (Jordans).
Ranked as a Leading Practitioner in Chambers UK Bar 2025, he has particular expertise in areas including corporate structures, partnerships, intellectual property, trusts, and insolvency. This knowledge allows for the provision of strategic, commercially attuned advice across a broad range of contentious and non-contentious matters.
The course co-presenter is a dedicated tax specialist 'Pupil Barrister' with a rapidly developing practice encompassing a broad range of domestic and international tax matters. Reading law aged 17, he was a Vice Chancellor International Scholar at Cardiff University. Called to the Bar at just 21, he worked under a pre-eminent tax silk while studying.
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