Society of Will Writers Blog Articles

A couple from Cambridgeshire who were happily married for 30 years have remarried in a civil ceremony as two women...

The importance of appointing a professional to administer a Trust is always something we stress. However, more people are relying...

An arrangement between the beneficiaries of an estate has just been declared void as a deliberate avoidance of IHT. A...

The ongoing problem of intestacy is constantly in the news, normally when it effects a celebrity or their family. Even...

A woman has been awarded a share of her husband’s inheritance 22 years after they separated in a ground breaking...

Business Property Relief (BPR) is a widely available yet sometimes under used means of minimising inheritance tax liability. BPR is...

To qualify as an immediate post death interest a number of conditions must be satisfied. If they are, then the...

Thanks to section 47 ( 1 ) (i) of the Administration of Estates Act 1925 it has been held that...

A farmer who claimed that he should inherit the farm from a deceased relative who died intestate has won his...

The Transferable nil rate band has been in practice for some time now but complications happen when the first spouse...