Published: 24/02/2023 16:13
Lucy Mead is a Solicitor and Head of the Family Department of David Gray Solicitors in Newcastle upon Tyne. She is a qualified Family Arbitrator for Financial cases, a Higher Rights Advocate, is a Resolution accredited specialist and also a member of the Law Society Children Panel. She has a particular expertise in cases concerning children and the financial position when relationships break down.
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A provisional version of this report was published on 2 October 2024 and invited representations for consideration by the Working Party ahead of publication of this final report. Such representations as were received are summarised in Appendix 6, and in a few instances in alterations to the text of the report. The main recommendations of the Working Party have not changed following consideration of those representations. The figures in the illustrative tables in Appendix 5 have been revised to reflect increases in the rate of Capital Gains Tax announced and implemented in the October 2024 budget.
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