Soaring fees set deadline for executors and estate planning
Controversial court fees which have been branded a stealth tax on bereaved families are expected to prompt a surge in probate applications before the hike...
Challenging times: what happens when a family member is cut...
High profile inheritance disputes follow celebrities and the super-rich as surely as night follows day, but such challenges are becoming increasingly common, whatever the values...
Paul Grimwood
Partner, Head of Dispute ResolutionFree Wills fundraising for Woking & Sam Beare Hospices
As a regular supporter of the Woking & Sam Beare Hospices 'Make a Will Fortnight,' I am really proud to report that 2018 has proved...
Sonia Dhesi
Senior Solicitor, Trusts & EstatesWhat does intestate mean for you?
October 2014 saw the biggest changes in probate law’s history come into effect. While the overhaul meant no real difference to those with minimal assets,...
Emily Wiggins
Partner, Trusts & EstatesInheritance tax planning: a little each year…
A major UK newspaper reported on the recent results of a survey that was carried out to establish the public’s understanding of Inheritance Tax (‘’IHT’’)...
Jordan Page
Solicitor, Trusts & EstatesDementia and the Power of Attorney
One of the fastest growing health issues in UK society is the seemingly relentless rise in dementia. This terrifying category of diseases combined with an...
Jordan Page
Solicitor, Trusts & EstatesUnderstanding Inheritance Tax – The Residence Nil Rate Band (RNRB)
Even though we all believed it would be abandoned, the RNRB is now very much with us and we are left struggling to apply it...
Louise Harrhy
Partner, Head of Trusts & EstatesWhile all eyes were on the Chancellor’s red budget briefcase
On the 6th of March, when most of us (if we were thinking about it at all) were wondering what the Spring Budget (which took...
Sara McGrigor
Associate, Trusts & EstatesHow do I love thee? Let me count the ways...
In 1976, beloved American actor Jack Benny passed away and left, in his will, a sum of money for the purchase and deliverance of a...
Catherine Poleykett
Solicitor, Trusts & EstatesWhy should you make a will if you own property...
If you own any assets abroad or are considering investing in a holiday property in a foreign country, it is important that you think about...