Article parent: wills-trusts-and-estate-administration
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Why Update Your Will?
We all have the best of intentions at the beginning of a year to bring some positivity to our lives and start the year afresh. What about...
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Solicitors for the Elderly – Update Your Will Week 2023
Who are Solicitors for the Elderly? Solicitors for the Elderly (SFE) were founded in 1996 and are an independent national organisation of...
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New requirements for trust registration
New registration requirements for trusts – what you need to do as a trustee, and by when? Despite having had very little publicity or med...
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What happens if you die intestate?
In the news recently, it was announced that the late Chadwick Boseman died without making a Will and his estate will be divided between h...
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Court of Protection Pilot Scheme
In this article, Trainee Solicitor, Alexandra Milson, looks at the pilot scheme for online case management introduced last year by the Co...
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Update your will week 2022
Latest research by Solicitors for the Elderly (SFE) revealed that almost half of all people living in the UK who have a will haven’t upda...
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Business Lasting Powers of Attorney
Succession planning for your business is as important as its day-to-day management and for most types of business, one very important asp...
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Things you might not have thought of when preparing a Will
As a solicitor who specialises in advising clients when they are preparing a Will, but also on the administration of estates after people...
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Writing a Will – Tax Implications & Inheritance Tax
There has been much discussion in the news about changes to the tax rates. Some of these changes were expected more than others. Nobody w...
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Getting onto the property ladder with the help of Mum and Dad
How do I help my children to get onto the property ladder? Many parents are keen to help their child or children get onto the property la...
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Choosing your executor
The term ‘executor’ derives from the Latin word ‘execut’, which means “carried out”. An executor is appointed by somebody to carry out t...
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Cohabiting Couples – Writing a Will
Despite growing calls for cohabiting couples to be recognised in law in the same way as married couples or civil partners, there remains ...
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Your life and your legacy
Recently I embarked on a thorough clean and tidy of our kitchen cupboards. I discovered some items that should have been consumed long ag...
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Where there’s a Will, there’s a way
Olivia Burke, Solicitor in our Private Client department explains the importance of taking advice from a solicitor when making a will. Th...
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Beware the rules of intestacy
Earlier this year, the amount of money left to a surviving spouse of a person who dies without a valid will (dying ‘intestate’) and who a...
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Private Client team shortlisted for 3 awards at the British Wills a...
We are delighted that the Private Client team at Morrisons Solicitors has been shortlisted for two awards at the 2020 British Wills and P...