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COVER GIRL – GINA CONWAY Cover image by Julia Boggio at Home By Midnight Hair and makeup by Gina Conway

Publisher Darling Magazine UK Karine Torr Editor Karine Torr 020 8739 0059 Advertising 07930 396356

The new year has hardly begun and already we’re off to a winning start. The balmy January aside, (fingers crossed) there’s plenty to cheer about. Cover girl Gina has scooped first prize for her Amazonian Collection, our wonderful Wonderland committee impressed the Duchess with their Dorchester charity initiative, Revd Andrew Wakefield has won the coveted Compact Award, and I’m proud to announce (blush) your Darling editor won ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ at the South African Chamber of Commerce UK Business Awards. And with our Cobham & Esher issue turning one, and our Kingston Darling launching this month, the year is starting off with a real bang!

Other champions in this issue include absolute abode’s new design emporium opening in Raynes Park, Spoons’ fabulous new menu, tax relief from Hart Brown and Jason’s roomy basements.

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Wishing you all a bright 2014, and may all your finesses go right!

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Local Inspiring Women working with Children In Crisis Businesswoman, Gina Conway, on a winning streak ‘Home from home’ for boys on Woodcote’s 35 acres Coaching our children to be Judo champs – Ray Stevens Get tough on debt with Miss Lolly Have a heart. Caring as a career – is it for you?

Cosy on Coombe Lane at Spoons tearoom And the winner is… Revd Andrew Wakefield!

Baby signing with TinyTalk Luxury Spa on our doorstep – new 5 star retreat Darling’s social pages – On the Scene Gig-Fix – Get it on Wimbledon’s busy music scene Saving inheritance tax the Hart Brown way absolute abode’s new lifestyle store in Raynes Park Rhino Construction goes underground with basements You can always count on Grant Fuller!

Bridge and books with Paul Mendelson this issue Darling Hotspots and local directory Needing our beauty sleep. Alessandro Ferullo explains Darling’s Diary – what’s on for spring Darling classifieds Kate Greenhalgh is dusting off the cobwebs darlingmagazine.co.uk | feb–mar 2014

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High Tea & Fashion at The Dorchester The inspiring charity initiative from Wimbledon’s Wonderland Committee

Micky Wolff, Chair of the Wonderland Committee, describes their fundraiser for Children In Crisis: “Inspired by a desire to create performance opportunities for children and teenagers, and a passion for raising money for children less fortunate than our own, my idea was to put on a 4th children’s charity fashion show.

It is a project which has relied upon friends, colleagues and contacts that I and an inspiring group of international working mums have tapped into. We have pulled in favours, begged for prizes and coerced our contacts into joining forces!

The build-up is unbelievably exciting and we are on target to raise in excess of £50K which

will fund all the running costs of a Primary School in Afghanistan under the brilliant leadership of Children In Crisis for 12 months.

It’s well worth the hard work.

The Duchess of York (Patron of Children In Crisis) has given her full support and our friends from ‘Made In Chelsea’ promise to make this a catwalk show to remember. Our very own band of ‘Minipops’ will take to the stage and Little Nikki will perform her hit song ‘Little Nikki Says’ as the catwalk finale. Other celebrity guest appearances are assured but, most of all, Children In Crisis will benefit.”

Micky lives in Wimbledon with her husband Gary (a professional photographer) and their five children. She runs the Stagecoach Theatre Arts School in Battersea having trained as a dancer.

It’s a busy world, full of chaos, plenty of laughter and enough trips to Serre Chevalier (her favourite holiday destination) to keep them all sane!

L-R: Micky Wolff, Pauline den Hoedt, Rachael Lavelle, Charissa Risley

This is what some of the other members of the committee had to say: Rachael Lavelle “I’ve lived in Wimbledon for nearly 10 years as a busy mum of four. Most of my time has been spent bringing up and attending to the whims of my kids (and their teachers)! Too many school appointments, bags, uniform changes and way too much homework to do along the way. Mums, you know the drill!

Simultaneously, I’ve kept pretty

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inspiring women busy over the years with several fundraising events, including co-chairing a ball for the NSPCC at the Waldorf, worked voluntarily for Great Ormond Street Hospital and also signed up for a number of sporting challenges which have included jumping out of a plane, the London Marathon, the Maratona in Italy and climbing Kilimanjaro and Mont Blanc.

All of these endeavours have helped to keep my sanity and fitness in check and made fundraising part of what makes me tick! Multitasking is definitely a woman's biggest asset and working with the Wonderland committee has brought out the best in all of us. Thanks to everyone who has supported our cause and helped to make this charity fundraising project ‘a success without the stress’!”

Charissa Risley “I am a relative newcomer to Wimbledon, having moved to the area just over two years ago from our previous enclave within the Circle Line. We moved for a garden, larger living area and greater access to outdoor pursuits.

My community experience was as a class rep for my sons' school, The Rowans. I was hugely flattered to be asked to join The Wonderland Committee. We are a collection of mums from Wimbledon, Surrey, Chelsea, Clapham and even Moscow.”

Pauline den Hoedt “This project came to me at the right time. My three children are at school and I felt I should do something useful with my spare time. My role is to get Fashion Houses to donate or lend clothes

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that the children can wear on the catwalk. I have enjoyed working with a team of inspiring and fun mums. Many friends outside of the committee have referred me to their contacts and, in that way, helped a lot too.”

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Gina Conway Winner of the Aveda European & UK Fashionista Award 2013

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ina is a dynamic, local businesswoman (via San Francisco) who owns and manages four awardwinning salons and spas as well as raising three small children. She is a networker par excellence and role model for women everywhere.

Her winning photo was handpicked from Gina’s new Amazonian Collection which captures the energy and beauty of feminine power. Her prize is to participate in a photo shoot with Aveda Artistic Team Jo McKay and Bastian Casaretto in Berlin.

As the overall winner of the coveted ‘Fashionista Photographic Award’ for Europe, Gina will also be with Aveda backstage at New York Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2014.

“Entrepreneurs are artists,” says Gina, “Creators of opportunity. I live in the space between now and the future. I crave to seek answers to “what if...”.

I spent the last two years analysing myself and where I want to focus my time while still enjoying my beautiful children. I’ve seen business coaches, personal coaches, consultants and investors come and go while I remained paralysed by too many business ideas.

I know this is a blessing and do my gratitudes daily. I have taken up

meditation to help me focus on finding the next stage of my journey (you can take the girl out of California...).”

Darling asked Gina what is next?

“This year we will be creating collections based around ethnic beauties and natural breathable skin and hair.

As we have seen the economy recover, haircolour has risen sharply to include the whole head and in far richer tones than the brassy dip-dye faded looks of last year. That trend was very driven by the economic downturn and we’ve seen it drop off and return to shiny colour in exciting glossy shades. Wine, milk chocolate and silky vanilla are all on the colour menu as well as the return of the punk blue and lavender from the 80s, only better!

I can’t wait. 2014 is going to be an amazing year for our business. We are expanding our Serenity Spa at GC and launching our upscale mobile hair and beauty services. I am really looking forward to sharing my dreams with my team and honouring our salon guests with an even more beautiful experience.”

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Photograph of Gina Conway: Julia Boggio at Home By Midnight Photographs for Amazonian Collection: John Rawson

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oodcote House is a family owned prep school for 105 boys set in thirty acres of gardens, playing fields and woods. Our boys are prepared for Common Entrance and Scholarship exams at thirteen to all the major public schools.

Increasingly, we have found that London-based families are choosing Woodcote because it is the antithesis of the pressured London preps. To help these families, we will be launching a bus service from Tibbet’s Corner at the top of the A3 from April 2014. This launch was announced at the Independent Schools Show in Battersea and created a surge of interest from families in SW London.

Being a school of 105 means the average class size is about 10-12 boys. There is no hiding place!

Your son will be pushed in all subjects to be the best he can be and we do not believe in extra

up doing some boarding, be it two, three, five or seven nights a week. Exeats from Friday lunchtime to Monday evening happen every third weekend and most other weekends

We are strong believers in letting boys be boys and our grounds allow this to happen. We play sport every day, camp in the woods, fire up the pizza oven and regularly use our low ropes course and shooting range. In other words, all activities happen at school – even homework! This means that when the school bus returns to London in the evening all school work is over for the day.

tutoring! If he needs support, we provide it as part of the school day.

are ‘Open,’ which means the boarders have the option to go home on Saturday after matches.

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Woodcote’s graduated approach to boarding has certainly proved popular. Boys can start as day pupils at any time from Year 3 – 7 with no pressure to become a boarder. However, depending on the choice of senior school, boys usually end

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Please contact Wendy Edgerley, our Registrar, or info@woodcotehouseschool. co.uk for more information or to arrange a tour of the school with our Headmaster, Henry Knight.

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Get Some Great Moves Under Your Belt Ray Stevens Judo Academy is on the up The Ray Stevens Academy (RSA) is going from strength to strength.

From its two local venues at Ricards Lodge School and Blossom House School the academy is introducing the art of judo to children as young as four years old right up to 16.

The new Competition Class on Fridays at Ricards Lodge offers even greater opportunities to compete in national events and win medals. Competition club coach and international fighter Szandra Szogedi chaperones children to the competitions and provides the all-important moral support and coaching tips.

In addition to judo we also offer Brazilian Jiu Jitsu on Fridays 6.30pm – 7.30pm for 13-year-olds upwards.

Junior BJJ is a fast growing sport focusing on ground fighting that is great for self defence and fitness.

As well as judo classes, the RSA runs after school Judo Clubs for Putney High School, Wimbledon High School, The Priory School, Radnor House, Ewell School, Hampton Hill, and the Roehampton Club.

Ray Stevens also undertakes private Judo/BJJ/‘Personal Safety for Adults’ and fitness classes. www.raystevensfitnessclub.co.uk 077956 676452

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ancy a bacon baguette or a pear frangipane tart washed down with a Teapig? Or a toasted fruit bread with a salted caramel hot choc on a wintry morning? It isn’t just the unusually tasty menu that’s putting Spoons on the map (in the little parade of shops on Coombe Lane, West Wimbledon, to be precise) – it’s new owner Ian Shier’s cosy revamp that’s made it the perfect

Ian’s new range of cakes includes éclairs, macaroons and eggnutmeg tarts, and lunch now includes a new range of salads, Asian Service with a smile from Yasmin, style, all fresh and Justyna and Asya homemade. And you can choose your favourite coffee from his new espresso machine to finish it off in style.

There’ll be more tasty treats coming in 2014, with something special to spice up the evenings. Watch this space!

Spoons Tearoom, 255 Coombe Lane, SW20 0RH T: 020 8605 2175

“Nice One, Vicar”

Chair of Merton Chamber of Commerce, Revd Andrew Wakefield, wins Compact Leadership Award 2013

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he winners of the Compact Awards 2013 were announced at a ceremony held in Westminster towards the end of last year, with over 100 guests attending. These awards were designed to celebrate and showcase the most outstanding Compact working across England.

Compact is the agreed working arrangements between national or local government and the voluntary sector to ensure a fair and level playing field for delivery of services to the residents and communities in an area.

Revd Andrew Wakefield has been involved with Merton Chamber of Commerce since its foundation in 1992 and has been its chair since 1999. In that time he has had two guiding principles.

Firstly, that business support services in Merton should be managed and delivered from Merton and, secondly, that Merton business is part of the wider Merton community and not something separate.

The national Compact Leadership Award acknowledged not only Andrew’s personal role and activity but is testament to partnerships built with Merton Council and MVSC, as well as the dedication and commitment of Merton Chamber staff in implementing these guiding principles. www.mertonchamber.co.uk | 020 8944 5501 darlingmagazine.co.uk | feb–mar 2014

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BABY, IT’S A SIGN

TinyTalk’s Esmarelda Pearson gets babies talking in West Wimbledon

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ow in its 12th year, TinyTalk is a baby signing organisation which allows pre-verbal children to express their needs and thoughts through signing. Signing empowers babies and allows them to get their message out and cuts out so much of the guesswork and frustration for parents. It also supports their spoken language, giving them the confidence to begin babbling and trying initial sounds.

Multi award-winning TinyTalk, is the first organisation to deliver baby signing classes across the UK. Working with the likes of Disney, Harrods, Supernanny Jo Frost, and charities like Booktrust & National Childbirth Trust, we have helped thousands of families understand each other better over the last decade.

We are also delighted to be taking our classes to the next level, introducing new hands-on, sensory toys & activities, to enable babies to develop their communication skills and have a lot of fun at the same time!

In 2013 Esmarelda won the Top TinyTalk Teacher of the Year Voted by Families 2013 Award & Top TinyTalk New Teacher 2013 Awards.

For a free trial and more info speak to Esmarelda or Michelle.

T: 07906303995, tinytalk.co.uk/esmareldap

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TLC Therapy Lounge 5 Star Spa Beauty Treatment on our doorstep

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t’s not often you feel like you’re in a 5 Star Spa in the middle of a London Hotel (not that I have ever been pampered in one) but driving into the cobbled courtyard in neighbouring Earlsfield, literally 5 minutes away from Arthur Road, I got the feeling this was something special – well, free private parking for a start! Toni Clarke welcomed me on a bright, cold winter’s day and my journey at TLC Therapy Lounge began.

This brand spanking new salon has a quiet atmosphere and the minimalist, elegant décor with its ultra high-end design instantly put me into a relaxed state. Toni Clarke, the dynamic owner and creator of TLC Therapy Lounge, had some surprises in store for me, not least the prestigious French brand, Carita Skin Care, who have partnered with Dr Joel Depondt, a Cranial Facial Surgeon and Scientific Researcher at the Xavier Bichat Hospital, Paris to create the exclusive CINETIC Lift Expert machine.

Toni proceeded with the ‘Anti-Ageing’ treatment (CINETIC Lift Expert Supreme Wrinkle Solution – 90 minutes @ £120) using the CINETIC technology, which is the alternative to cosmetic surgery, with the exclusive combination of Micro-currents, Ultrasound and LED futuristic technologies. CINETIC treatments truly deliver the ultimate results in correcting, lifting and firming. This sensational facial not only left my skin soft and glowing but I felt extremely relaxed and pampered. I drove home in a totally dreamy state. What a treat!”

Karine Torr, Editor Carita Facial Treatments start from £60 with Dermalogica and Regima available too. All other Beauty Therapy services, along with crèche facilities, are available too. www.tlc-therapylounge.co.uk

Toni can be contacted on 020 8946 4599 or info@tlc-therapylounge.co.uk to book an appointment. darlingmagazine.co.uk | feb–mar 2014

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Meridian Sound with Style.

TechniQuest Expertise.

Meridian has a unique reputation for Britishdesigned home entertainment systems stretching back over 35 years, combining superb sound with breathtaking design and elegance.

TechniQuest of Wimbledon Village can specify, design and install the perfect Meridian entertainment system for your needs, from a powerful touchscreendriven Meridian Digital Media System to a movie industry quality Home Cinema installation.

Arrange a personal demonstration at our showroom at 26 High Street, Wimbledon Village, take a seat in the Digital Theatre and experience how Meridian and TechniQuest can bring sound, vision, style and expertise to your home.

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Consultations are available by prior appointment

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TECHNIQUEST EVENT SUPPORTING WIM MUSIC FESTIVAL

l-r: Jennifer Ison, Richard and Marianne Rooney

l-r: Allen Boothroyd & Techniquest’s Vince Murphy

SW19 LAWYERS HR EMPLOYMENT TALK Above: Karine Torr (Editor Wimbledon), Philippa Hennessy (Editor Cobham & Esher) & Marja-Leena Toseland (Editor Kingston) Below: l-r: Supporters - Rachael Lavelle, Claudine Slatter, Rachael Johnson and Tina Baker

Below: Renata and Robert Copland, Belinda Erikson - SW19 Lawyers and Shane Etheredge

CANNIZARO HOUSE WINTER ART EXHIBITION LAUNCH

BOOK LAUNCH ‘A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AW CYCLES, MERTON

From left authors Hugh Morgan and Ceri Davies, then shopkeepers Ted Foster and Richard Smith, and on the right Charles Barraball, Chair of the Merton Cycling Campaign l-r: John Nouri, Artists Deema Mirza and Kirsty Chapman with photographer John Powell (back)

National ‘donor drive’ for MARGOT MARTINI. Local toddler needs bone marrow donor urgently. You could be a match to donate blood to Margot.

For details go to www.deletebloodcancer.org.uk or @swab4margot

ON THE FESTIVE PARTY SCENE

l-r: Linda Bloomfield, Tania Lesini, Elizabeth Bottriell, Alison Marshall and Diana Smitham

l-r: Charlie King, Liza Azarmi, Natalie Stevens and Vanessa Fenton

l-r: Cinzia Causer, Christine Phizackerley and Angie du Toit

l-r: Julia Boggio, Alice Wood, Robin Wood and Tam Jackson

l-r: Emily Wood and Georgie Fellows

POLE’S ANNUAL XMAS DRINKS PARTY

l-r: Party girls - Briony Webber, Annie Mangat, Serena Morris, Shona Moth, Deb Howe & Andrea Bulstode

Below left l-r: Judith Pole, Teresa Cheuk, Loveday Newton, Christine Frazer and Diana Wormal Below l-r: Philip Harrabin, Annette Peters, Simon Pole, Stephen Furnell

CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS IN THE VILLAGE

‘CAPRI’ OPENS ITS ITALIAN DOORS ON THE RIDGWAY

l-r: Grant Fuller, Helen Joseph, Hillia and Rob Holland

l-r: Mario and Mariola Marczuk (Lawn Café) with proprietors Mirela Talpas and chef Jacob Ruocco

WINTER WONDERLAND ON THE BROADWAY

CAROL SINGING AT WIMBLEDON VILLAGE STABLES

l-r: Suzie Wood, Mayor Cllr Krystal Miller, Helen Clark Bell and the Mayor’s Consort, Cllr Henry Nelless

l-r: Anne Francis, Milly Rickards, Emily Pinkess, Carol Andrews Back: Revd Bruce Rickards and MP Stephen Hammond

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BLUEBIRD CARE DONATES TO AGE UK MERTON

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LOCAL WIMBLEDON BRIDGE FANS

l-r: Liza Roe, Frances Malik, Asif Malik (Chairman Wimbledon Society) and Mark Steele

l-r: Sue Strong (Teacher), Sharon Wright, Karine Vandermeulen, Stella Kirby, Karine Torr, Sarah Buxton and Sarah Moore, front: Margie Brown l-r: Molly Murphy, Alison Bridgwater, Barbara Ruivo, Daniela Sarti

BRIDGE AUCTION FOR ‘NIGHT OF THE STARS’ CHARITY EVENT

MERTON COUNCIL’S MONTHLY MOVIE NIGHT AT THE ODEON

Above l-r: Geraldine Plowden, Gru Lumsden, Paul Mendelson, Nina Ruiz & Terry Hewett Left: Joyce Pountain and event organiser Asheq Akhtar from Merton Arts Development

GREEN SQUARE ‘RENEWABLE HEAT FOR HOMES’ OPEN EVENING

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DAVID LLOYD VS WIMBLEDON CLUB FUN MINI TOURNAMENT

Dog & Fox Pub Sat 8pm 24 High St 020 8946 6565 Hemingways Lounge Bar ‘Sushi Tues’ 7pm, Wed 9pm - Open Mic 57 High St 020 8944 7722 Layla Restaurant Fri & Sat 9pm - live music and belly dancing 33 High St 020 8944 7696 O’Neill’s Irish Pub Fri & Sat 10pm - folk music and bands 66 The Broadway 020 8544 9573 The Old Frizzle Thurs, Fri, Sat 9:30pm - live bands 50s 60s 74-78 The Broadway 020 3274 3056

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MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING AT BERKELEY SHOW HOME ON COPSE HILL

Berties at The Prince of Wales Tues Open Mic, Wed & Sat - bands 8:30pm 2 Hartfield Rd 020 8946 5369 Alexandra Pub Sun 8pm 33 Wimbledon Hill 020 8947 7691 The Cavern Pub - has London’s best Jukebox Thurs - Open Mic Jam, Fri, Sat, Sun - bands 100 Coombe Lane facebook for details Lime & Thyme Restaurant Fri & Sat 8pm - live easy listening 56 Coombe Lane 020 8946 5068

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legal – promo

The trust that keeps on giving (so you don’t have to) Chris Thurlow explains how you can save inheritance tax without giving anything away

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f you or your spouse have either a death in service benefit from your employer and/ or a pension death benefit from your pension, significant inheritance tax can be saved through careful planning but without losing access to those funds if paid.

Nowadays, more and more people have a pension death benefit and/or death in service benefit and, quite often, nominate their spouse as the beneficiary of the lump sum. The problem is that this simply increases the amount of money owned by the surviving spouse and adds to their eventual inheritance tax (IHT) liability. On the surviving spouse’s death 40% of the lump sum will be paid in IHT to HMRC.

remoter descendants can be included as potential beneficiaries. He nominates the pension death benefit to the pilot trust.

On his death, the pension death benefit is paid into the pilot trust for the benefit of his wife and children.

As it is in a trust, it remains outside his wife’s estate for IHT purposes. However, during her lifetime, his wife is able to benefit from the assets held in the trust.

When his wife dies, the pilot trust fund is ignored when calculating her IHT. This results in a tax saving of up to 40% of the value of the pilot trust fund.

Example

So, what can be done to prevent the tax liability without undermining the surviving spouse’s security?

The answer is to create a pilot discretionary trust or “spousal by-pass trust”.

The main purpose of such a trust is for assets (usually money) to be paid into the trust in the future.

The trustees then hold the assets for the benefit of the beneficiaries of the trust. Pilot trusts are often created for tax mitigation purposes.

An example would be a husband with a large pension death benefit. He wishes his wife to benefit in a tax efficient way. He creates a pilot discretionary trust during his life. His wife, children and 32

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On his death, John leaves his wife with their joint wealth of, say, £650,000. He has also nominated her to receive his death benefit of £250,000. Therefore, Jane has an estate of £900,000. On her death, the nil rate bands for her and John are available which together amount to £650,000. IHT of 40% is payable on the remaining £250,000. There is a tax bill of £100,000.

The alternative On his death John leaves Jane with their joint wealth of £650,000.

During his life John had created a pilot discretionary

Authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (50788) Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority

Chris Thurlow

trust. He nominated the trust as the recipient of his death benefit of £250,000.

Jane, therefore, has an estate of £650,000.

On her death, the nil rate bands for her and John are available which together amount to £650,000. There is no IHT to pay on Jane’s death.

The trust holds the £250,000 lump sum which is outside of Jane’s estate for IHT purposes but remains accessible to her.

It is important to consider all legal, practical and tax implications before creating a trust. At Hart Brown we will guide you on the implications and help you set up a trust that best suits your objectives.

We can also act as trustees of the trust.

Chris specialises in wills, estate administration, trusts, powers of attorney and tax planning, with a particular emphasis on inheritance tax, capital gains tax and the taxation of trusts.

As well as being a qualified solicitor, Chris has also recently qualified as a Chartered Tax Advisor and is a member of the Association of Taxation Technicians. He is also a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).

To speak to Chris about your situation, call 020 8947 8171 or email cit@hartbrown.co.uk. darlingmagazine.co.uk | feb–mar 2014

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Pole Structural Engineers

Designing structures for alterations, extensions and new houses Local, friendly and professional

Admel House, 24 High Street, Wimbledon Village, SW19 5DX T: 020 8944 9955 E: mail@pole.co.uk

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interiors – promo

LOCAL DESIGN EMPORIUM absolute abode opens its doors in Raynes Park

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ith the imminent arrival of spring, the common promises to burst forth in shades of vibrant green and so too does absolute abode begin a new season.

I am very excited to reveal that absolute abode is opening our very own design store and café in Raynes Park, opposite Waitrose, in mid-March.

Our carefully curated lifestyle store will feature a collection of homewares, furniture, textiles and a delectable menu in the spring of 2014, showcasing British and international artists and designers. A place to be inspired, to purchase unique items for the home or a last minute birthday gift, we offer our clients style, elegance and comfort for their living space.

Within our store, we are also proud to be showcasing our architectural interior design practice, so please pop in to visit us and have a chat or make an appointment to meet with us in our new premises.

Our architectural interior design services include: • conceptual and spatial planning • architectural interior design • lighting design • bespoke furniture and joinery design • colours, textures, fabrics and furniture We are also thrilled to be exhibiting at decorfest, the Creative Home & Garden Festival, on Sunday 23rd March from 10am to 4pm at King’s College School in Wimbledon, SW19 4TT. We will be displaying a room set and also have a selection of beautiful products to purchase, all available at our new design store.

Please come and visit us from mid-March at absolute abode | design | café | emporium and enjoy a delicious treat and browse our carefully curated design collection.

Kirsty McMorron absoluteabode.com kirsty@absoluteabode.com 07747 601 692

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Wimbledon builder Jason Coetzee homes – promo

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property

YOU CAN ‘COUNT’ ON GRANT & Company AS THE NEW BLOOD OF FULLER GILBERT

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y family moved to Dorset Road, Merton Park in 1960 from Battersea where the smoke of the then active Battersea Power Station became untenable.

Educated locally at the Sacred Heart Primary School, and later Wimbledon College, over 50 years on I still live and work in the SW20 area with my family.

The recent improvements and addition of attractive retailers have made Raynes Park a more exciting and dynamic

area contributing to above average house price rises and opportunities for my company.

Grant Fuller

I have worked in Estate Agency Fuller Gilbert are to announce We pleased look forward to peoplethe opening locally for over 30 years setting of their Kingston branch. coming into the office to discuss up Fuller Gilbert in 2001.

I now any aspect of the property own the company solely and my with property in this areaonfor over or just what is going team and I are givingWe thehave officedealtmarket 30 years, working and living in the area to give us in the local area. and website a makeover. unrivalled local knowledge. So whatever your property needs may be, we are dedicated to making moving We don’t bite!

The aspect of the jobhome I loveeasier. is www.fullergilbert.co.uk the personal interaction with Kingston House * 15 Coombe Road 020 8947 4764 clients. I like to think I can build Kingston upon Thames * Surrey * KT2 5AB a rapport with my clients to 020 8546 4499 www.fullergilbert.co.uk minimise the stress factor of the moving process.

Grant Fuller and Peter Gilbert Estate Agents, Valuers, Development Consultants 316a Worple Road West Wimbledon London SW20 8QU 020 8947 4764 www.fullergilbert.co.uk

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book review

Paul Mendelson – The First Rule of Survival Editor Karine Torr gets a sneak preview

The review read: ‘A jaw-droppingly brilliant crime thriller.

Imagine The Killing moved to Cape Town and into the landscape of the hot and dusty African veld.’

Well, brilliant and thrilling it was! In fact, so much so, that while reading the climax of the story in bed one night, I was forced to snap the book shut and lunge for Paul’s The Right Way to Play Bridge and start revising my Roman Key-Card Blackwood rules just to get my mind off the tense scene that was unfolding on the pages and causing the blood in my veins to run cold. I think there was also some shallow, hyperventilating involved. However, I couldn’t put it down for long as I just had to see what happened next, even if it meant my heart would stop with fright! It didn’t, but the book swept me along as I got more and more involved with the twists and turns in the story.

Paul has a real talent for speaking and teaching, which anyone who has ever attended his enlightening and amusing courses will attest to, so it’s no surprise that this first novel is set to become a hit. Out on April 7th, it’s the perfect present for any lover of crime fiction – pre-order at bookshops or on amazon.co.uk. thefirstruleofsurvival.com 40

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SOME TIPS FOR SPRING BRIDGE With Darling’s Bridge Guru, Paul Mendelson As the icy winds blow and the heavens open, sensible bridge players are warm indoors. However, the life of a bridge player is not without problems of the fifty-two card variety…

♠ West S Q8 H 832 D AQ92 C QJ109

♦ Dealer North

North S J632 H A74 D J3 C 8642

South S A4 H KQJ1095 D K74 C AK

♥ East S K10975 H 6 D 10865 C 753

♣

N/S Game

N E S W NB NB 2H NB 2NT NB 4H South opened a Strong 2♥ and North responded 2NT, indicating a poor hand, but not a bust. South jumped straight to game. West led her top-of-asequence Q♣ and South pondered her fate. Declarer has a spade and three diamonds to lose. To secure her game, South must trump a diamond in dummy before drawing trumps. However, this declarer crossed to dummy’s A♥ and led a diamond, her K♦ losing to West’s A♦. West led a second heart and, when she regained the lead with Q♦, she led a third round, removing all the trumps from the dummy hand, and defeating the contract.

South must remain focused. All that matters in trumping one diamond in dummy. At trick 2, she should lead out a low diamond. This will lose to Q♦ but, even if a trump is led now, she can win, lose a second diamond and there will always be one trump left in dummy to trump the third round. aceoftrumps.com

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                                                                                                 

             

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But here's a tricky one – how soon is it ok to repossess a bedroom completely once a child has grown up? As soon as the ink dries on their last A level paper? As soon as they start their graduate fast-track jobs in the Civil Service and are renting bijou pads in Hoxton? (Making various optimistic assumptions about our children here, I know.)

My attempts to do even a bit of a spring-clean were treated as desecration on a Howard Carter

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scale. Those half-unpacked cardboard boxes from Bristol University lying in the corner since 2011 are sacred! So what am I to do? Maintain a sealed shrine?

My mother ripped down the David Bowie posters in my room and had it reconfigured as a chintzy Laura Ashley guest-boudoir pretty much the same week that I skulked off to university. I didn’t mind. We weren't mollycoddled in them days, by gum. Of course kids should go through their grunge phase before becoming solicitors

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in Cobham, but the teenage floor-to-ceiling photo-montages of themselves looking moody at festivals have to go eventually. All that blu-tack has played havoc with the plasterwork and, at the risk of bragging in these days of boomeranging, my adult children don't really live here anymore; yet there was such a wave of revulsion at my unmaternal purge that I felt like Lady Macbeth. All I wanted was to see the carpet in their rooms again – and paint the walls magnolia!

Do you remember the dolly years, when bedroom decor had to be pink and fluffy or, with little boys, feature some sort of disaster with fire engines and Spiderman?

Children never hark back to that – and yet what a sweet passing of innocence when it all came down.

I suppose the kindest thing is for home always to be home until a child feels that they have really made one of their own, (by about age 57.) However, my daughter in Brixton has just ordered a John Lewis over-mantle mirror for her flat. I know! Her John Lewisification has begun, (as has Brixton’s.) Could I maybe start to introduce just a weeny bit of Laura Ashley into her old room now?

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