Wills, estates & tax planning
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News & Insights
Is the Nil-Rate Band Trust in Your Will Still Serving a Purpose?
If your will was drafted prior to 2008, it is very possible that your will contains a “Nil Rate Band Discretionary Trust”. Be...
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How a Health and Welfare Lasting Power of Attorney can help with Ca...
Although your property and finances might be your main assets, your heath and welfare is likely to be just as important to you, particula...
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Love is all around us… and so are tax breaks for married couples an...
With Valentines Day fast approaching, we wanted to highlight the benefits of being married or in a civil partnership for tax purposes so ...
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Common Sense adopted by Supreme Court in will signing accident
In this case, Mr and Mrs Rawlings made very simple wills in 2009 leaving their entire estate to each other in the first instance and then...
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A question of capacity
In order to make a will or lasting power of attorney, the maker must satisfy the requisite level of understanding and have what is called...
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New Year, New Will
As we reach the end of January and the resolutions that we made on the 1st are slowly diminishing, now is still an ideal time to make a n...
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The Autumn Statement
Chancellor George Osborne has said that hard evidence shows that the plan is working, but that difficult decisions still need to be taken...
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Charity Commission Regulation called into question
The competence of the Charity Commission has been questioned following a report by spending watchdog The National Audit Office (NAO). The...
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Warning to Charities
HMRC has recently issued updated guidance to charitable organisations. They have warned that an individual who has used a tax avoidance s...
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Changes to Lasting Power of Attorney forms
The OPG is consulting on changes to the Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) forms and, hopes in the future to introduce fully digital LPAs. ...
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“Lawyers not needed to make it legal”
The above is a sub title from page 5 in The Daily Mail published on 27th September, 2013 relating to the making of Wills, and quite right...
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Time to review your Will?
Once you have written your will it should be reviewed in the following circumstances: – if you receive a large sum of cash – ...