Recent Features and Opinion
Wills in a time of social distancing and self-isolation
Social distancing and self-isolation, coupled with the sudden increase in demand for wills and lasting powers of attorney (LPAs), are presenting unique challenges for private client practitioners. Lesley King and Roman Kubiak consider how to tackle these issues – at a safe distance.
Missing: date of presumed death
When someone goes missing and is never found, the date of their presumed death can impact who inherits their property. Lesley King considers the issues that can arise.
Accidental interests in possession
Lesley King considers why it’s important to think through the inheritance tax consequences of giving a right to occupy.
Charity case
Maria King discusses common will-drafting pitfalls with charitable gifts, and provides practical tips to avoid them
Mistakes and money-laundering
Lesley King comments on a case where a trust beneficiary’s right to income was rescinded on the basis of mistake, and on the government’s consultation on implementing the Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive.
Wokshop: Contentious probate update
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
In a bind: drafting deadlines for conditional gifts in a will
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.
Top Gunn
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
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
What has changed in the disputed wills practice note?
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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