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Challenging a Will prior to the testator’s death
Posted: 13th June 2019
There have been many reported disputes relating to the inheritance of family farms. Such cases explore a legal doctrine that in itself offers little explanation in its own description: Proprietary Estoppel. Not every day terminology and yet the concept of relying upon a promise and suffering a detriment when it is broken is readily understandable […]
Residence Nil Rate Band – Your questions answered!
Posted: 9th June 2019
What is the Nil Rate Band? The Nil Rate Band is the threshold on which there is no Inheritance Tax to pay on your death. The current Nil Rate Band threshold is £325,000. This means that if your estate is below this threshold then Inheritance Tax will not be charged on your estate. However, anything […]
Top 10 issues if you don’t make a Will
Posted: 2nd April 2019
A recent article prepared by STEP (The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) highlights the top 10 issues that families may face when a loved one passes away without leaving a valid Will. These issues are summarised as follows: Your estate may be distributed under the intestacy rules, which may be undesirable; Step-children and unmarried partners […]
The incapacity crisis
Posted: 12th November 2018
Report by the SFE – ‘The incapacity crisis – a nation unprepared’ A recent study has been published by the Solicitors for the Elderly (SFE) which warns that the UK is approaching an ‘incapacity crisis’. The recent study, published in conjunction with the Centre for Future Studies (CFS), highlights the wide gap between the rising […]
LPAs for Company Directors and Partnerships
Posted: 5th November 2018
Have you thought about what would happen to your business if you became unable to make decisions because of an accident or unexpected illness? Imagine what would happen if creditors couldn’t be paid or contracts couldn’t be signed. Many businesses would be crippled by such inactivity and, worse still, creditors might pursue personal assets such […]
OPG refund for Power of Attorneys – Have you claimed yours?
Posted: 24th October 2018
The Office of Public Guardian (OPG) has announced that it will be providing refunds for Powers of Attorney that were registered between 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2017. The OPG estimates that there are over one million refunds due, but with the number of claims made to date only totalling 158,000, the chances are […]
Could lifetime gifting to avoid Inheritance Tax have risks?
Posted: 10th October 2018
Gifting inheritance early to children is becoming ever more popular by parents. For some, it is seen as the perfect way of addressing two birds with one stone: helping their children get onto the property ladder and reducing the amount of Inheritance Tax that will be payable on their estate. If you are thinking, ‘this […]
World Mental Health Day
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10th October 2018 is World Mental Health Day – a day to raise awareness about mental health issues, services available and things you can do to help yourself in these situations. Research suggests that at least 1 in 4 of us will experience mental health issues, but the figure may well be much higher. There […]
Would you want to be kept alive against your will?
Posted: 7th December 2017
Brenda Grant made an Advance Directive, commonly known as a Living Will, stating she feared degradation and indignity more than death after seeing her own mother lose her independence through dementia. She did not tell her family about it but correctly told her GP and the hospital. But the George Eliot hospital, in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, […]
Paying a relative’s care home fees using their online banking system is probably a criminal offence
Posted: 10th November 2017
Accordingly to a law firm in London, RadcliffesLeBrasseur, using a relative’s online bank account information to arrange payment of their care home fees, even if it is done in good faith with the account holder’s permission, is probably a criminal offence. Not only may it be a criminal offence to use the online banking information […]
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