Recent Features and Opinion
Meddle class
Donna Withers looks at the recent update to Jersey’s probate laws, and how this will affect Jersey’s concept of intermeddling
Language barriers
Léa Maynard looks at the three different kinds of French will, and the practical language considerations at play in each
Estate of affairs
Byron Jones reviews the recently updated Law Society practice note on insolvent estates and considers whether a bigger change was needed
Lattimer v Karamanoli
Andrew Bishop summarises a recent case he was involved in, which involved the rectification of a will, and how this relates to proposed changes to the Wills Act to stop marriage revoking a will
Digital decision
With more and more of our lives taking place in a digital space, could wills follow suit? Melinda Giles explores
Where there’s a will
Marianne Nankervis looks at the presumption against double portions, ademption and hotchpot
Family matters
Professor Lesley King looks at recent cases involving the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 and identifies common threads for non-contentious practitioners
Suspicious minds
Significant changes to a testator’s previous wishes, or wills created without professional advice, can lead to doubt over the validity of a will. Stephanie Kerr examines two recent cases with suspicious wills
Clause for thought
Workshop: Probate lending – a new and growing market
Read all about it
Delivery service
No provisions offered for estranged widow despite will and long marriage
Back to Basics: Power reserved executors
Disputed territory
Clause and effects
The importance of distinguishing funds
Severing a joint tenancy without notice
Versus predator
New excepted estates regulations
Award for success
The royal seal
Instruction manual
The good will
Root of the issue
Inheritance: the conversations we’re still not having
Charity case
Guideline hourly rates again under the microscope
For names’ sake! Naming charities in wills
Executor stress
Mutual interest
Uplifting hourly rates for Court of Protection assessments
Will-wrangling – exceptions not rules in Wrangle v Brunt
Trust issues: witnessing wills and changes to the Trusts Register
Life story
Back to basics: Wills, trusts and care home fees
Rectifying the situation
Unlawful killing: applying the forfeiture rule
High Court awards claimant success fee in Inheritance Act claim
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
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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