Private Client Issues - Blake Lapthorn

welcome......to our latest edition of private client issues, which marks ourassociation with The Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival takingplace from 2-10 April. Attended by world renown writers and publicfigures, this event is an annual literary delight, set in some of thecountry’s finest historic buildings – see below for more details.Arts and heritage are there to be enjoyed by all. With the marketfor antiques as buoyant as ever, no doubt helped along by popularTV shows, many of us are getting involved in buying and sellingantiques. But, it’s important to know how you can protect yourinvestment, so you can enjoy it now and hand it on safely to futuregenerations.For those thinking of embarking upon a new career, maybedeveloping a natural talent for writing or a creative hobby into apersonal enterprise, we offer some tax planning tips for gettingstarted. Whether up-coming talent or established ‘name’, we alsoprovide some important tips as how best to protect your intellectualproperty in the event of a relationship breakdown.And finally, we take a look at Arts and Business, an organisationthat works hard to create new partnerships between commerce andculture.I hope that you find this edition of issues informative and, as always,welcome feedback and ideas for articles that you would like to includein the future. Please email these to: privateclientinfo@bllaw.co.uk.Rachel BrooksHead of Private Client ServicesThe Sunday Times OxfordLiterary FestivalBlake Lapthorn is pleased to announce that we have been appointed asthe official lawyers to the 2011 Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival.The Festival, which is sponsored by The Sunday Times and the BBC,will take place from Saturday 2 April to Sunday 10 April 2011 at ChristChurch, Corpus Christi, and Merton College in Oxford.Over 350 writers will flock to the City to discuss affairs literary,political, historical, environmental and culinary for the eight-dayFestival. In 2010, 540 speakers took part in 300 events, with ticketsales breaking all records. Oxford boasted a galaxy of literaryluminaries, including Jung Chang, Douglas Hurd, Philip Pullman, SirRoy Strong, Joanna Trollope, Robert Winston, Richard E Grant, PattiSmith, Dave Eggers, Ruth Rendell, Shirley Williams, Penelope Lively,Colin Dexter, Rose Tremain, Blake Morrison, P D James and D J Taylor.Visitors will be able to book to join guided literary walks, lunches anddinner parties with prominent authors. Since 2008, a creative writingcourse has also formed part of the programme.The 2011 programme has been announced, so to keepup with what’s going on, please visit the Festival website atwww.oxfordliteraryfestival.co.uk. As official lawyers to the event,we also have access to a limited number of reduced priced tickets.If you would like to know more, please get in touch with your usualcontact at Blake Lapthorn to register your interest.It promises to be a great week!For more information on any of the topics raised in this edition of issues, or to see what else is new, why not visit our website at:www/bllaw.co.uk/privateclientnews2 private client issues