Financial foresight
Two recent court judgments have important implications for strategic estate planning. Chris Fairhurst shares a practical perspective for private client solicitors
Litigation friend
Sarah Clarke explains the process of working with the Official Solicitor, where the Official Solicitor acts as litigation friend in financial remedy proceedings
Ethics in: Will drafting
Drafting a will is always a sensitive business. Melissa Maple, Emma Bhuttae and Cian Jones explore the ethics of will preparation, and the considerations and challenges it involves
Digital doubts?
Are electronic wills the future, or does going digital put some clients at greater risk of coercion and undue influence? Andrew Hitchon looks at the issues
Back to Basics: Caveats
Dan Shaw explores caveats and how to deal with them in practice
Direct dealing
Stacey Bryant and James Pantling-Skeet explain what direct payments are and how they work – and explore the implications of Calderdale v Lumb
Balancing the books
Is your firm wrestling with residual balances? Jane Farr advises you on how to best deal with them now – and avoid them in the future
Finding relief
John D. Bunker and Laura Colville look at the upcoming changes to inheritance tax regarding property relief
Consequences of conflict
Oksana Voinarovska, with Alberto Perez Cedillo, examines how the Russia-Ukraine war has impacted succession and estate planning for Ukrainian nationals
Will they, won’t they?
As practitioners continue to debate the proposed changes to wills law – and await the government’s response – Diana Bentley examines the possible impact of the new legal regime