Society of Will Writers Blog Articles
Society of Will Writers update
It has now been over 10 weeks since the Legal Services Board launched their consultation document regarding the regulation of...
Mental Capacity laws relating to Will Writing
What is capacity? A most important part of our job is to be able to access the client’s capacity and...
Regulation of Probate Services
A report published by genealogist company Title Research has revealed that the number of Grants of Probate issued to professionals...
Legal Services Board Regulation
The Legal Services Board (LSB), which oversees the regulation of lawyers in England and Wales, has put forward proposals for...
Business matters
If your client is a business owner they will be considering more than the distribution of their personal estate when...
Charitable Benefits
From April 6 2012 the government is introducing new IHT legislation in the form of the Finance Bill 2012 that...
Grandmother’s will “Rectified”
A 28-year-old spent 18 months living with her partner before they married leading to a bitter family dispute in the...
Business Property Relief retained
The British government doesn’t plan on changing inheritance tax support for family businesses, despite a recent report from one of...
Freezing Care Thresholds
The Telegraph has reported this week that thousands more elderly people will be forced to pay to stay in care...
Life Interest Trusts
A Life Interest Trust (LIT), also known as an Interest in Possession Trust, is a document that names one or...