UK - Pension funds selling property investments should include clauses in their contracts allowing them to reclaim stamp duty from buyers, lawyers say.
Commercial law firm Laytons says such action will ease the effect of legislation due later this year which will make it harder for pension funds to avoid paying stamp duty on property investments v...
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