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Accidental interests in possession

2020-01-15T10:11:00+00:00By

Lesley King considers why it’s important to think through the inheritance tax consequences of giving a right to occupy.

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Charity case

2019-11-12T00:00:00+00:00By

Maria King discusses common will-drafting pitfalls with charitable gifts, and provides practical tips to avoid them

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Mistakes and money-laundering

2019-10-11T08:14:00+01:00By

Lesley King comments on a case where a trust beneficiary’s right to income was rescinded on the basis of mistake, and on the government’s consultation on implementing the Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive.

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Wokshop: Contentious probate update

2019-09-17T00:00:00+01:00By

Delegates at the conference could choose between five workshops, run twice over the course of the day. William Moffett recaps his key contentious probate cases from 2019

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In a bind: drafting deadlines for conditional gifts in a will

2019-09-03T16:48:00+01:00By

Lesley King comments on a case where the time to comply with the condition of a will expired before the beneficiaries were aware of it – and on Scarle v Scarle, which dealt with deaths in uncertain order.

Linda Dack

Top Gunn

2019-08-06T00:10:00+01:00By

Linda Dack’s private client team at Watkins & Gunn won at this year’s inaugural Wales Legal Awards. She talks about the win and the trends in her wills and probate caseload

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Search engines

2019-08-06T00:09:00+01:00By

Danny Curran gives his best practice tips and advice on how to select and instruct a probate research firm

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Succession planning

2019-08-06T00:00:00+01:00By ,

Nicole Gallop Mildon and Álvaro Aznar Azcárate discuss the European succession certificate, introduced by the Brussels IV Regulation, which allows for the member state with jurisdiction over succession to confirm the status of heirs and executors. What do you need to know, and what problems might it pose?

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