Spotlight on private wealth - July 2021

Our quarterly update is designed to keep you up to speed with developments in the private wealth world.

Our quarterly update is designed to keep you up to speed with developments in the private wealth world. In this edition we explore Beeple mania, conflicts of interest, whether parents have an obligation to provide for their adult children in their will and 'crypto tax'.

We hope you find this helpful and as always, if you would like to know more about the issues covered, or anything else, please get in touch.

Explore the latest edition

The big question

What is Beeple mania?

On 11 March 2021, a collage created by digital artist Mike Winkelman (known professionally as Beeple) sold at Christie’s for US$69m in the first sale of a purely digital artwork in the auction house’s history. Read more

What's new?

• Crypto tax. Read more
• When does someone have capacity to make a will? Read more

RPC asks

• Do parents have an obligation to provide for their adult children in their will?  Read more
• When will the court perfect an imperfect gift? Read more
• What is donatio mortis causa?  Read more

And in the art world

• The Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report. Read more