Latest 'Back to Basics'
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FeatureBack to Basics: Severance of joint tenancy
Chris Claxton-Shirley looks at severance of joint tenancy
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FeatureBack to Basics: Heritage assets
Sarah Murphy examines the inheritance tax implications of historic estates and national treasures
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FeatureBack to Basics: Online Court of Protection applications
Emma Tante explains how to use the Court of Protection’s online system
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FeatureBack to Basics: Trusts buying properties
Katy Withers and Erin Abul examine the growing trend of trusts acquiring property, and the advantages and disadvantages that this brings
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FeatureBack to Basics: Fluctuating capacity
Tim Bennett explains what you need to know about fluctuating capacity, and offers a range of different practical scenarios where capacity is flucuating
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FeatureBack to Basics: Power reserved executors
Helen Stewart explains what you need to know about power reserved executors
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FeatureBack to Basics: NHS continuing healthcare eligibility
Cate Searle looks at what you need to know about eligibility for NHS continuing healthcare
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FeatureBack to Basics: Health and welfare LPAs vs advance decisions
Paula Shea looks at advance care planning, the various options and how to prepare clients for life-threatening or life-sustaining situations.
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FeatureBack to Basics: Estate planning for blended families
Charlotte Coyle and Lilly Whale look at what to consider when advising blended families
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FeatureBack to Basics: Inheritance tax and partially exempt estates
Lesley King explains how to get the calculations right for inheritance tax due on partially exempt estates
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FeatureBack to Basics: Liabilities in estate administration
Lesley King looks at the rules governing payment of debts and liabilities during the administration of estates, including a number of example scenarios and relevant case law.
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FeatureBack to Basics: How to manage cryptocurrencies
Leigh Sagar explains the basics of cryptocurrencies, and how to deal with them in an estate administration
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FeatureBack to basics: Wills, trusts and care home fees
Fiona Heald reviews the basics on wills, estate planning and the problem of care home fees.
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FeatureBack to basics: European cross-border estates
Álvaro Aznar Azcárate and Nicole Gallop Mildon present a series of questions and answers for English solicitors dealing with estate administrations in France, Spain, Italy and Portugal
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FeatureBack to basics: Business LPAs
A business lasting power of attorney enables a business owner to authorise an attorney to make decisions concerning their business interests when they are unavailable or lack capacity. Craig Ward reviews the basics
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FeatureBack to basics: Nil-rate band discretionary trusts
Lesley King looks at the matters to consider when dealing with an estate where the will creates a nil-rate band discretionary trust
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FeatureBack to Basics: Residence and domicile
Jo Summers goes back to basics on residence and domicile
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FeatureBack to basics: Trusts for disabled and vulnerable people
Philip Warford looks at trusts for disabled and vulnerable people
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FeatureBack to basics: Welfare deputyships
Sheree Green reviews the basics on welfare deputyships, and looks at why so few have been appointed