Recent Features and Opinion
Uplifting hourly rates for Court of Protection assessments
Roman Kubiak looks at the recent decision in the linked cases of PLK & Ors, in which the Senior Courts Costs Office assessed the costs in four cases at 20% above the guideline hourly rates.
Will-wrangling – exceptions not rules in Wrangle v Brunt
Roman Kubiak looks at a recent High Court decision which approved the validity of a will signed, at the testator’s direction, by his attorney – and which ordered the deceased’s estate to pay the costs for both parties.
Trust issues: witnessing wills and changes to the Trusts Register
Lesley King considers the recent changes to the Trusts Register and a legislation update, validating wills made via videoconference since 31 January 2020.
Life story
A married couple comes to you looking to draw up their wills. Hayley Seddon and Russell Kaminski look at what you need to ask and advise them, and how a simple instruction can be far more complex and interesting than it seems
Back to basics: Wills, trusts and care home fees
Fiona Heald reviews the basics on wills, estate planning and the problem of care home fees.
Rectifying the situation
Lesley King reviews a new title on the construction and rectification of wills and trust instruments
Unlawful killing: applying the forfeiture rule
Lesley King looks at the rare cases practitioners may encounter when the court considers granting relief from the forfeiture rule after an unlawful killing.
High Court awards claimant success fee in Inheritance Act claim
Roman Kubiak looks at a claim under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 (Inheritance Act) where the sum awarded by given by the court included a payment towards the claimant’s success fee.
New probate forms: what do I need to do?
Wills in a time of social distancing and self-isolation
Missing: date of presumed death
Accidental interests in possession
Charity case
Mistakes and money-laundering
Workshop: Contentious probate update
In a bind: drafting deadlines for conditional gifts in a will
Top Gunn
Succession planning
The write approach
Probate fees and civil partnerships
Out of time: claims under the Inheritance Act
Writing wrongs
Protect and serve
A stealthy new year: probate fees
Shock of the new
Back to basics: Drafting wills for overseas jurisdictions
Plenary: Changing times
Back to basics: Deeds of variation and disclaimers
It begins at home?
Artistic legacy
Under the influence
Changing the channel
A case of mutual wills
Do it yourself
Where there’s a will
The final chapter
Government tight-lipped over return of probate fee hike
Not over yet
New habits
Give a little
Private Client Section annual conference 2016: Workshops
Key to succession
Drawing interest
Using mediation to resolve private client disputes
Here comes trouble
Willing and able?
Variation on a theme
Casing the joints
Home free
Contentious probate case law update
Fit for a king?
Preserve and protect
Keep it in the family
Freedom come?
Community caring
Foreign affair
Sweet charity
Ready and willing
Gaining currency
All that glitters
Step change
Left behind
Annual Conference 2014: Contentious inheritance issues
Annual Conference 2014: Marley and me
Faking it
Power to the people
The promised land
Swap shop
In your gift
Securing the future
Time is of the essence
Working together
Asking the question
A farewell cure
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