Back to Basics
Back to basics: European cross-border estates
Álvaro Aznar Azcárate and Nicole Gallop Mildon present a series of questions and answers for English solicitors dealing with estate administrations in France, Spain, Italy and Portugal
Strange days
Fiona Heald talks about the challenges of working as a private client practitioner during lockdown
Handle with care
Sophie O’Connell looks at the impact of new coronavirus legislation on the care duties of local authorities
Over the border
Alberto Perez Cedillo reviews the 2020 Private Client Section Cross border conference, held in March at Chancery Lane
Out of joint
Sarah Cookson and Clare Harman Clark consider the structures and implications of joint ownership, and how private client solicitors can best make use of the tools available from HM Land Registry
Removal service
There are many reasons why a change in attorney or deputy may be in P’s best interests, but what can you do if they resist? Holly Miéville-Hawkins explains how to remove an attorney or deputy against their will
This year’s model
Kate Mahon discusses changing her business model from sole practitioner to alternative business structure. Why exactly did she do it, and what lessons can others learn from her experience?
The scheme of things
Tony Padgett presents a guide for personal representatives handling pensions as part of an estate administration
Testing times
The Solicitors Qualifying Examination, the new route to qualifying as a solicitor, has been debated and discussed for several years now, and is due to arrive in autumn 2021. Alan East explains what you need to know
Asset managers
Virtually all of us have digital assets – email and social media accounts, photos in the cloud – but it remains unclear what happens to them once we lose capacity. Angharad Lynn explains how you can advise clients, and the options available for attorneys and deputies
Mere chattels?
Many testators gift chattels to executors absolutely to avoid the hassle of regularly updating their wills. It’s usually straightforward but, as Paul Saunders explains, tax and other implications can arise
Impaired vision
Unconscious bias in a business can impair good decision-making. Dr Zara Whysall looks at its impact on decisions about appointing and promoting leaders, and how law firms can minimise unconscious biases
Red zone
Lesley King gives her tips for dealing with insolvent estates