CAPITAL talk – private wealth in a podcast James Quarmby, Stephenson Harwood

James Quarmby talks to Lord Harrington, Conservative peer and former trade minister, about the complex political machinations behind this Budget, including why the Chancellor decided to abolish the non-dom regime but leave IHT in place and whether the election will affect the implementation of the Budget announcements.  Finally, we find out why Lord Harrington is partial to a finger of fudge. 

James Quarmby chairs a lively debate with Elspeth Talbot Rice KC and Sparsh Garg, both from XXIV Old Buildings, on how protectors can be more trouble than they are worth and what we can do to control the risks.

In this episode, James Quarmby dips into the weird and wonderful world of crypto assets with Niklas Schmidt of Wolf Theiss and comes to some surprising conclusions.

James Quarmby is joined by Bernadette Carey and Keith Robinson (both of Carey Olsen) to discuss the decision of nine British overseas territories to introduce public registers of beneficial ownership of companies and how this will affect rights to privacy. We also discover some novel ways to cope during lockdown.

In this edition James, in conversation with Geoff Cook, former CEO of Jersey Finance, explores how the double-whammy of the pandemic and Brexit will affect the UK’s relationship with its overseas territories. Is it all doom and gloom, or is there a realistic opportunity of a ‘new dawn’?

In a fascinating interview, James explores this highly topical issue with Richard Hay, who explains the EU’s strategy and why he thinks that “regulation is the new warfare”.