Leading commentators Lesley King and Roman Kubiak analyse the most important cases, legislation and practice updates and provides a concise summary of the issues in practice

Commentary

Analogue clock showing ten minutes to six.

Payment protection insurance and private client practitioners

2019-06-20T11:32:00+01:00By

The cut-off date for payment protection insurance claims is 29 August 2019. Lesley King looks at what this means for private client practitioners

Roman Kubiak

Screaming out for a judge-led process – contentious probate update

2019-06-19T09:09:00+01:00By

Roman Kubiak comments on Lomax v Lomax [2019] EWHC 1267 (Fam), an Inheritance Act claim where the court refused to force parties to early neutral evaluation.

India flag

Probate update: disputed domicile and Inheritance Act claims

2019-04-23T16:27:00+01:00By

Roman Kubiak looks at Kohli v Proles [2019] EWHC 193 (Ch), where the court dismissed an application to appeal the finding of an England and Wales domicile in Inheritance Act claim.

couple

Probate fees and civil partnerships

2019-04-15T15:57:00+01:00By

In something of a mixed bag this month, Lesley King comments on the introduction of civil partnerships for opposite-sex couples and the latest news on probate fees.

All Commentary

Benefits of Membership*

Private Client Section renewals

The Private Client Section will provide you with support, advice, networking opportunities and enable the sharing of best practice with peers.

The current Section Engagement programme has been created in consultation with the Section Advisory Committee and will focus on key issues including:

  • NRB Changes
  • LPA Changes
  • digital assets
  • cross border tax
  • IPFDA cases
  • Care Act
  • elderly client
  • HMRC disputes
  • inheritance tax
  • trusts
  • estate administration
  • capital gains tax

These issues will be addressed through a range of activities including: workshops, seminars, conferences, webinars, website, e-newsletters, magazines and a LinkedIn group.

*See Section terms and conditions

Join today

Find out more about our new corporate membership

Validate Accessibility