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What happens to digital assets when you die?

Our increasing concern about security, privacy and protecting our identities online means that people are taking more care securing their…
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What do I do with an Inherited weapon?

Regardless of how the weapons were obtained, it is now your duty as the Personal Representative to deal with them,…
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Unfairly left out of a Will?

This article provides a brief explanation of who may claim, on what basis, and for how much award when they…
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Making a cheap Will is a bad idea!

A cheap or homemade Will is really like most things in life – if it is too good to be…
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Should a Will be made public after I die?

The strict legal answer is that under the Non-Contentious Probate Rules all Wills must be open to inspection after probate…
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Raising tax and paying social care fees

Further tax rises seem likely and it is quite likely that it will not solve all the problems of the…
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The Probate Application Process must change

In the last two years we have seen a deterioration in the service offered by both HMRC Inheritance Tax and…
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Law Commission review of the law of Wills

The review is looking at a very wide range of issues including Electronic Wills, Capacity to make a Will, Assisted…
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Commonwealth Resealing – Is my Will legal in the UK?

If your Will is made in a Commonwealth Country the general principle is that the Will is deemed valid in…
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Should I get married for tax reasons?

Equality for un-married couples has increased but there’s been no change to taxation structure and parts of the tax code…
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Are we going to see changes to Inheritance tax or Capital Gains Tax?

There were no announcements in this year’s Budget about tightening up Capital Gains tax (CGT) and Inheritance tax (IHT)….
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Update: Registering a Trust with HMRC’s Online TRS

Almost all Trusts are now required to be registered with HMRC using the Online Trust Registration Service (TRS)….