by David Dexter | Jun 13, 2013 | Latest News
An interesting case is being pursued through the Courts at present. The daughter of a man who died of throat cancer is contesting a Will that was signed on his deathbed. The Will divided his estate between his sisters, a brother and two children of another sister. It...
by David Dexter | May 19, 2013 | Latest News
Will writing is not to be regulated at least in this Parliament. A recommendation from the Legal Services Board that Will writing should be regulated was rebuffed this week by Chris Gayling Secretary for the Ministry of Justice. He suggested instead more targetted...
by David Dexter | Apr 8, 2013 | Latest News
New guidelines have been published to create more awareness about the use of Lasting Powers of Attorney. In addition improvements have been made to speed up the process of registering these documents with the Office of the Public Guardian which authorises the use of...
by David Dexter | Mar 29, 2013 | Latest News
The recent Budget announced by The Chancellor contained no new changes to Inheritance Tax. It only confirmed that there would be no increases in the tax free allowance of £325k per person until after 2017. This is a far cry from David Cameron’s original pledge...
by David Dexter | Feb 13, 2013 | Latest News
There is a saying that ‘All that glitters is not gold’ and the new proposals put forward by Jeremy Hunt yesterday appear to fall into this category. The Government is proposing to introduce legislation by 2017 which will cap the total paid by any person...
