Stone King - Quick Reads

12/18/2025 9:26:15 AM

Why does the French property I’m buying not have a DPE diagnostic?

By Jacques Cutting

A DPE diagnostic report provides an indication of a property's energy efficiency, as well as its associated heating and upgrade costs. If...

12/18/2025 9:16:22 AM

By Tom Morrison

The Association of Colleges (AoC) has just published a report, From treatment to prevention: how colleges can build a healthier society,...

12/17/2025 4:17:08 PM

By Jacques Cutting

Since the lockdown, French notarial practice has embraced digital transformation, allowing clients to sign a notarised power of attorney...

12/17/2025 4:13:19 PM

By Lee Coley

At a press conference yesterday, Richard Tice, Deputy Leader of Reform UK, suggested looking to churches that are ‘redundant' five days a...

12/17/2025 2:49:39 PM

By Jacques Cutting

Adopting an adult in France requires meeting specific legal conditions and obtaining the adult's clear consent. The adopter must be at...

12/17/2025 1:52:04 PM

By Eleanor Reilly

The DfE has this week published the operational guide for Early Years funding and entitlements for next academic year. We are in the...

12/17/2025 12:44:44 PM

By Jacques Cutting

Life insurance (assurance-vie) is a valuable tool for estate planning in France. Unlike most assets, life insurance payouts are generally...

12/16/2025 4:47:02 PM

By Ciara Campfield

The Prime Minister’s promise this week to “have a look” at the VAT anomaly hitting further education (FE) colleges is welcome, but it...

12/12/2025 3:23:38 PM

By Jacques Cutting

When a UK-based seller disposes of a property in France, they are no longer entitled to the reduced CGT rate of 7.5% for EU residents,...

12/12/2025 9:51:37 AM

By Ciara Campfield

The UK has - for the first time under the Procurement Act 2023 - issued revised procurement thresholds, effective 1 January 2026.Most...

12/11/2025 12:27:43 PM

By Chris Sharpe

The updated Charities SORP, the statement of recommended practice for charities regarding the preparation of their accounts, will come...

12/11/2025 10:12:13 AM

By Philip Askew

Established in 2017, with extended requirements for registration in 2020, and more reforms pending, the Trust Registration Service...