On 7 March 2024, Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, delivered the Spring Budget 2024 setting out his plans to continue working to decrease inflation, grow the economy and ensure that the tax s....
The ongoing copyright dispute in the UK surrounding the TARDIS - the iconic time machine disguised as an old London police telephone box - and early episodes of Doctor Who shows the intersection of in....
A new Fixed Costs Regime is coming into force on 1 October 2023 for most claims worth between £25,000 and £100,000, where the trial would last no more than three days. This will be known as the Inte....
Press Release City law firm GSC Solicitors LLP is delighted to announce that it advised longstanding client CareTech o....
The first indication of Clive Halperin’s lengthy relationship with technology is the distinctly veteran Apple Macintosh that now occupies a purely....
In March 2020, in common with many other UK businesses, every member of the GSC team began a prolonged period of enforced remote working. All, that is, except one. Throughout the pandemic, off....
Today, Clive Halperin specialises in corporate and commercial, technology, internet and intellectual property law. Prior to qualifying as a solicito....
Our lawyers know that the measure of their success is often not whether they win a case in court, but whether they can avoid taking the case to court in the first place. For the latest in our ....
We are proud to announce another year of continuous achievement in the Legal 500 United Kingdom 2023 rankings.....
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Kwasi Kwarteng, delivered the Growth Plan 2022 on 23 September 2022. The docum....
When Saleem Sheikh became Managing Partner of GSC Solicitors LLP in 1990, he saw an opportunity to shape a different sort of ....
What do you do when the FBI comes knocking? GSC Solicitors’ Harvey....
John Green is a founding partner of Green David Conway and Co, the firm that would become GSC Solicitors LLP. In this, the latest in our series of GSC Stories celebrating 50 years of GSC, he d....
PRESS RELEASE City law firm GSC Solicitors LLP is delighted to announce that it advised Belgravia Investments Limited and Kensington Capital Limited as part of a consortium ....
Background All trusts with a UK tax liability have been required to register under the ....
LinkedIn has listed Machine Learning Engineer as second place in this year’s 20 most in-demand job titles in the UK. Top locations for this position include London, Cambridge and Edinburgh, and emp....
GSC Solicitors LLP were delighted to host a roundtable discussion with The Hon. Datuk Hajah Zuraida Kamarudin, Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities, Malaysia. She is also the Chairman of ....
Saleem Sheikh, senior partner of GSC Solicitors LLP, has been part of the fabric of the City law firm for over 40 years. But ....
GSC SOLICITORS ADVISES LONGSTANDING CLIENT QUEENSWAY ON TRISTAN CAPITAL PARTNERS £420M ACQUISITION OF POINT A HOTELS City law firm GSC Solicitors LLP is de....
Why is the Register of Overseas Entities being introduced? The UK government is introducing a ‘Register of Overseas Entities’ to achieve transparency of property ownership where any UK p....
The Home Office announced last week that they are shutting the ‘Golden visa’ Investor visa route with immediate effect. This i....
The Scale-Up visa was announced on October 27, 2021 by Rishi Sunak MP who is the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer as a part of his 2021 budget. This new visa category is supposedly going to help acceler....
In an effort to tackle the large rise in Coronavirus cases, the government has recently implemented Plan ....
At the firm we regularly receive queries about what clients should be doing to show they have Intellectual Property Rights in ....
What is changing? Commercial tenants are currently protected from eviction until 25 March 2022, to provide businesses with breathing space and help protect jobs when certai....
Family Investment Companies (FIC) remain a useful tax and succession planning tool as clients seek alternatives or complementary ways of structuring their estates for tax optimisation and planning for....
The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, delivered the Autumn 2021 Budget on 27 October 2021. Many anticipated for there to be a major overhaul of taxes, including Capital Gains Tax and Inheritance Tax in orde....
We are proud to announce another year of continuous achievement in the Legal 500 United Kingdom 2022 rank....
LONDON: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s visa to the United Kin....
Residential and commercial evictions - where are we now? That's the question asked by The Guardian readers and answered by ....
Today Richard Curtin who heads GSC's Insolvency....
With restrictions easing in the UK, employers are facing one more question: can they make vaccination at work compulsory for their staff? Is there a law requiring vaccination? Why mandatory vaccinatio....
What are ethical banks? An ethical bank, also known as a social, alternative, civic, or sustainable bank, is a bank concerned with the social and environmental impacts of its investments and loans. Th....
We are absolutely delighted to have concluded the acquisition of Abbey Road Institute’s new home at Angel Record....
GSC's Senior Associate Solicitor Sana Sheikh, who advises on matters under ....
It is a case that is currently making headlines in the UK and dominating discussion over a cup of tea and slice of caterpillar cake. M&S have brought a legal case against Aldi in respect of the....
On 3 March 2021 Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer, delivered the Spring Budget setting out his plans as the United Kingdom....
Delivering his Budget statement, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced today that the stamp duty land tax holiday will be extended. Sunak has con....
It was announced by the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, on 3 March, that the Coronavirus Job Retention ....
Under the series of The New Frontier Podcast, The American Bar Association interviewed GSC's ....
Advising a family on their governance and succession planning is a skill that private client solicitors need, and, fortunately, many have. Individuals now, more than ever, recognise the need to enha....
Islamic finance is a financial system that keeps within the moral and ethical principles of Islamic law (known as Sh....
It was announced on 26 January that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (commonly known as furlough) is to be ....
GSC's Senior Partner Saleem Sheikh gave an interview to The Jersey Finance for 2020 Afric....
In our modern world which increasingly relies on technology, digital assets are something that people who use a computer, tablet or smartphone certainly have. While digital assets may not necessarily ....
Hong Kong BN(O) visa policy The Secretary of State for the Home Department has announced that the UK will create a bespoke immigration route for British Nationals (Overseas)....
Insurers are being urged to pay up without delay after ju....
GSC's Senior Partner Saleem Sheikh who was elected to be the President of the UK Pakistan Business Council (....
The Pakistan government has announced that it will cancel former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s passport in a month-and-a-half on February 16 when his current passport expires – indicat....
We are delighted to welcome Peter Cooper as GSC’s newly appointed Chief Finance and Operating Officer (CFOO). Peter is a Chartere....
As we all know, courts also had to move to online platforms allowing hearings to still take place in the time of the pandemic. However, as it is a new way for both, courts and those attending heari....
We are delighted to welcome Leila Mustafa to GSC’s Legal 500-recommended and well-respected ....
The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS), an independent adviser to the Government, has been asked by Chancellor, Rishi Sunak to review Capital Gains Tax (CGT) to identify any potential administrative a....
What can you do when reviewing your succession planning? GSC's Private Client Partner ....
Following the UK Government’s announcement on Saturday evening regarding the planned national lockdown in England, that came into force today, Thursday 5th November 2020, we would like to take this ....
In today's issue of The GSC Academy digital series Head of Employment ....
In the next video under The GSC Academy digital series we focus on commercial lease issues. What are the actions that ....
Here is our Autumn edition 2020 of GSC Newsletter that offers a number of useful and practical guidance to businesses and individuals to enable them operate succes....
We are delighted to welcome Amanda Chapman to GSC’s Legal 500-recommended and well-respected ....
We are proud to announce another year of continuous achievement in the Legal 500 United Kingdom 2021 rankings. We are even more pleased this year as we have received higher positions in the newly anno....
The newly introduced resource, The GSC Academy, starts with its very first video - ....
GSC Solicitors LLP are proud to announce an exciting new resource for businesses, individuals and families, The GSC Academy....
On 31 October this year, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will end. The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has announced that from 1 November it will be replaced by the ....
We are absolutely thrilled to see the finished product for our client, Bravado – the new flagship Rolling Stones store in Carnaby Street! ....
Following lockdown, a host of businesses had to close and many looked to insurers to cover their losses. But many insurers disputed the claims, arguing policies were never meant to cove....
Many businesses in the UK operate successfully without the benefit of a registered trade....
The stay on residential possession claims was due to expire on 23 August 2020, with the Courts due to resume cases after a five-month pause. At the 11th hour it was announced that the ban....
Mainly it appears as a result of Coronavirus, a lot of businesses are currently in the position of making redundancies. To undertake a redundancy properly, a specific legal process must be followed....
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic a stay was imposed by the courts on residential possession claims (and appeals in residential possession claims) until 23 August 2020. A new practice direction has been ....
Whatever the rights and wrongs of the English A Level grade markings in 2020, upset students frustrated by their marks might want to look to the GDPR and the ....
Why will remote witnessing of Wills be legalised? The Government intends to ease the process of recording people’s final wishes during the Covid 19 pandemic. ....
New rates of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) have been introduced for purchasers of residential property in England and Northern Ireland who are not resident in the United Kingdom. They will be 2 percentag....
As the United Kingdom is entering the second phase of the government’s economic response to the coronavirus outbreak, the chancellor delivers his summer statement. Here is a summary of the key po....
One of the key issues facing most business thinking about sending an employee to the UK is trying to work out the most appropriate visa for the type of work that their employees is coming to do in the....
GSC Solicitors LLP is a member of a very large global association of accounting and law firms, Abacus Worldwide. That membership provides us with acces....
How has COVID-19 affected the probate service? HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMC....
Can an attorney appointed under a Lasting Power of Attorney delegate decisions? Regardless of the circumstances, attorneys are generally unab....
Can a will be prepared if during the COVID-19 pandemic if it is impossible to find a medical practitioner in order to confirm that the testator has the re....
In recent years many new companies have begun advertising online their “legal services”, particularly in relation to ....
Ban on Private Rental Evictions Extended The government has announced an extension to the tenant eviction ban for a further 2 months. The courts are likely to follow this by extending the st....
On 20 May 2020, organ donation in England moved to an ‘opt out’ system which is sometimes referred to as ....
Introduction Covid-19 has already had a significant impact on a lot of employees, some of whom have unfortunately already lost their jobs. Whilst the ....
Have the time limits for taxpayer appeals been extended by HMRC? The time limits for appeals have been extended for taxpayers affected by COVID-19. C....
Further changes have recently been announced to the Coronavirus Job Retention Sch....
A useful update from the FCA regarding the High Court test case concerning Business Interruption (BI) Insurance. Interestingly, the update also indicates a list of insurers and their respective pol....
British National (Overseas) passports were issued to people in Hong Kong by the UK before the transfer of the territory to Chinese sovereignty in 1997. Presently, a BNO passport holder is usually g....
In May 2020, the UK Cabinet Office issued a document titled called “Guidance on responsible contractual behaviour and the per....
Today WIPO – the World Intellectual Property Organization - launched a new service called WIPO PROOF to assist creators to evidence and prove the date a....
Eid Mubarak to all our Muslim clients, friends and their Families. Wishing you all lots of happiness, love and wisdom, from GS....
For many of us, the last few weeks have been very unusual from a working point of view. Some of us have been working from home, while others have been on furlough and not working at all. However,....
The current outbreak of COVID-19 has given many of us more time than usual and additional grounds to reflect on our future and has prompted people to ensure that their personal legal affairs are in or....
As the spread of COVID-19 continues and the substantial economic losses across the economy become clearer, businesses and business owners should be looking at the insurance policies that they have in ....
There has been a lot of news recently about the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“the Scheme”), or....
The Government introduced new building regulations to improve building safety, which is the biggest changes in a generation. Will the reform help people sell or remortgage of flats in high-rise buil....
It has been reported that a week after the March quarter day, UK landlords had collected just 57% of the rent they were due for that quarter, compared to 90% for the same period in 2019*. Whilst th....
As a result of Covid-19, many of the offices around the world that administer intellectual property rights, ....
In the last few weeks people have become familiar with the term furloughing. It is the concept brought in by the government in the Coronavirus....
What is the latest position regarding possession procedures for landlord & tenants? GSC's Head of ....
What is the latest position in relation to holiday pay under current circumstances around COVID-19? One of the most popular questions and biggest concerns these days. David Nathan who heads GSC's ....
The government will introduce a new "time to pay" (TTP) scheme, to help businesses and self-employed individuals manage their cash flow in light of financial difficulties caused by COVID-19. There ....
The signing of wills can now be witnessed by solicitors through the windows of clients' homes and their cars, as the legal profession responds to the Covid-19 pandemic. Michele O’Boyle, ....
Following the restrictions on personal movement arising from the continued spread of COVID-19 and the Prime Minister’s broadcast, the Lord Chief Justice reviewed the conduct of court hearings in Eng....
Given the unprecedented times we are facing due to the Coronavirus pandemic, your thoughts may be ‘how can my financial affairs be dealt with if I am ill or isolating?’ The solution is a power....
Although a lot of employees are working from home at the moment, they are still entitled to take time off as holiday (even if at the moment, there may not be anywhere nice for them to go!). Under s....
CGT: changes to entrepreneurs' relief lifetime limit The government has confirmed that the ....
One of the key aspects of tax residence is the days an individual spends in the UK in the tax year combined with the number of ties (namely, family tie, accommodation tie, work tie, 90-day tie and c....
كورونا يواجه العديد من الزوار الذين من المقرر أن تنتهي تأشيراتهم أو انتهت صلاحيتها بالفعل ....
The Coronavirus Act 2020 brings into law some changes to the Landlord & Tenant legislation, and in particular th....
Electronic Signatures With the vast majority of office workers currently working from home, the use of electronic signatures offers a convenient alternative to the time-hono....
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Многие посетители Великобритании, у которых истекает или уже истёк срок действия визы, сталкиваются с трудно....
Working from home is currently a reality for a lot of us. Whereas some organisations do occasionally allow employees to work from home, the current situation of whole workforces working from home at t....
The Coronavirus Act 2020 brings into law some changes to the Landlord & Tenant legislation, and in particular the....
Many visitors whose visas are due to expire or have already expired are facing a difficult situation where they cannot travel back to their home country due to travel restrictions or self-isolation as....
Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) recognise that during this public health emergency our pri....
Perhaps one of the positives of this challenging and uncertain time has been the opportunity to spend time with our families and loved ones. It has also given us time to reflect and assess our prio....
Businesses and individuals are facing uncertain times at the moment. There is the immediate risk to health and wellbeing – both physical and mental – physical health issues and other concerns incl....
Tier 2 sponsors take their compliance duties seriously and usually they must report to the Home Office if a sponsored worker does not ‘turn up for their first day of work’. Once a sponsored worker....
In these unsettling times, it’s inevitable that many businesses will suffer and, sadly, some will be unable to withstand the effects of this unprecedented virus. That’s not necessarily the case fo....
The Coronavirus crisis is making life uncertain for everyone. These are challenging and worrying times. However, it will be business as usual for the ....
Dear Clients and Friends I hope that this message finds you and your families well during this exceptional and difficult time. I am writing to you to reassure you that at GSC Solicitors LLP we a....
We are all painfully aware of the carnage that has littered the High Street up and down the country. Beales, Mothercare, Thomas Cook, Bon Marche, Jamies Italian & Hawkin’s Bazaar to name a fe....
GSC's Senior Partner Saleem Sheikh has joined PINE as a Trustee on the Board of Advisors. PINE is ....
Citywealth, a Private Client Directory of recommended wealth managers and advisors around the UK that comprises of top 20 lawyers in ....
We are proud and honoured to announce that GSC Solicitors have been awarded ‘Law Firm of the Year 2019’ last Sunday 18th August....
GSC's Saleem Sheikh featured in a very special issue of the Asian Voice, 'Asian Giants, Kenya Special 2019'. It is indeed a fascinating story that tells you about Saleem's personal journey that sta....
There’s no manual for being a parent, and negotiating a balance between family life and achieving your dreams can be a challenge. We asked Saleem Sheikh, Senior Partner of GSC Solicitors....
Last week GSC Solicitors hosted hand-picked female guests for a networking evening with inspirational women while celebrating IWD and having a sushi-making master class. Seena Williams of GSC’s ....
GSC’s Head of Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution, ....