Understanding 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...
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While 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...
Seila Sanchez Lucas
Solicitor, Trusts & EstatesBrexit: Probate Court Fees
For we private client lawyers, the appointment of a new Chancellor of the Exchequer always comes with a certain amount of nervousness. How will the...
Paul Tobias
Consultant, Trusts & EstatesCan literally anyone challenge a will?
As a recent Court of Appeal case decided the answer is ‘no,’ but perhaps the group of people who can challenge a will is wider...
Paul Grimwood
Partner & Accredited MediatorThe devilish detail on inheritance tax
By inheritance specialist Emily Wiggins with Hart Brown Solicitors When Chancellor George Osborne announced significant changes to inheritance tax (IHT) in last summer’s Budget speech,...
Emily Wiggins
Consultant, Trusts & EstatesDonors beware!
When your attorneys are not given authority to have sight of the Will or have no knowledge of its contents, it can create difficulties and...
Isabel Hodgson
Legal Executive, Trusts & EstatesNew Year resolution
Listening to the radio this morning and a spokes person for the Alzheimer’s Society talking about their new campaign ‘’Fix Dementia Care’’ I was reminded...
Sara McGrigor
Associate, Trusts & EstatesConsider giving to charities in your will
As a supporter of Remember a Charity, we always encourage our clients to consider leaving money to charity in their will. Many of us give...
