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Joint Accounts
A decision reached last year gives an opportunity to review joint accounts, their uses and the ultimate beneficial ownership of...
Baker v Baker (2008)
This case highlights the importance of assessing the capacity of a client and taking professional advice where necessary. Mr. Baker...
Bona Vacantia
‘Bona Vacantia’ literally means vacant goods and is the legal term given to ownerless property that passes to the Crown....
Punctuation in Wills
How punctuation should be used in wills At head office we often receive general questions from members of the public...
Non-cupative Wills
In the early modern period Wills were often made when the testator was ‘nigh unto death’. Luckily, at this time,...
Diamonds are forever!
The South Yorkshire Star reported back in February 2008 that a Conisborough funeral director has a new addition to its...
CCAS – Application update
Further to our article in issue 25 of the newsletter regarding our application under the Consumer Codes Approval Scheme we...
Italian Wills
Under Italian law of succession a person may dispose of his property after his death by Will (Testamento) or alternatively,...
Fraudulant Calumny
Challenges to Wills based on allegations of a lack of testamentary capacity by the testator are becoming more common with...
Sisters lose final appeal in tax case
Two elderly sisters from Wiltshire have lost their final battle to avoid paying a massive inheritance tax bill after challenging...