by David Dexter | May 21, 2017 | Advice Articles, Latest News
According to the Conservative Party manifesto for the forthcoming General Election if they get back into government they intend to reform social care. They plan to include the value of your home residence in the assets to assess your ability to pay for care costs....
by David Dexter | Apr 24, 2017 | Latest News
It has now been announced that the Government is not to proceed with the increase in the costs of obtaining Probate. These increases were due to be introduced at the beginning of May but have now been withdrawn. The protest from government back benchers combined with...
by David Dexter | Apr 9, 2017 | Latest News, Will Writing
Figures just released show that during 2015 a record number of 14167 Wills were challenged in the Courts. This represented almost 21% increase over the previous year. The main causes appear to be divorces, remarriages and the ever rising property values in estates of...
by David Dexter | Mar 20, 2017 | Latest News
Research carried out for the Royal London Insurance Company found that bills for a typical stay in a care home were likely to be between £50000 and £93000.and that the total would mean a loss of between a fifth and a half of the value of an average house. It found...
by David Dexter | Mar 1, 2017 | Latest News
A new system of Probate Charges to be introduced in May will see them rocket upwards. The fee payable to Government by Executors of a Will for permission to administer the estate of a deceased person will now be based on a sliding scale. For estates valued between...
by David Dexter | Nov 18, 2016 | Latest News
Out of a £1.3m estate the deceased’s son is only to inherit an antique Harp with an estimated value of approx. £3000, according to a story in a daily newspaper today. The bulk of the estate is bequeathed to his sister and five grandchildren. The son is now...
