There are a number of reasons why Wills get challenged. This article aims to discuss some of those reasons and to find out how they are challenged.
Industry NewsLasting Power of AttorneyProbate1Family Receive Pay-Out After Hospital Fail to Act in Accordance with Advance Directive
The family of an 81 year old woman kept alive against her will have this week received a £45,000 pay-out after the hospital caring for her misplaced her advanced directive.
A Will can be changed after death provided some simple requirements are met; mainly that those left worse off by the change agree, and the variation is completed within 2 years of the death.
When distributing gifts made in a Will what happens if there is are missing beneficiaries? This short article explains.
It’s no surprise that in a digital age the question of ‘what happens to my bitcoins when I die?’ has been brought to our attention.
‘It’s okay not having a Will as long as you know what will happen without one.’
Funeral PlanningInheritance TaxLasting Power of AttorneyProbateTrustsWills0What Does EastEnders Have to Do with Succession Planning?
Since the cast of Albert Square’s award winning soap EastEnders hit our screens in 1985 (admittedly before I was born) viewers have been hooked on its plots and individual story lines.
The Anti-Money Laundering Regulations 2017 is the latest EU Directive on Anti-Money Laundering, it supersedes the Money-Laundering Regulations 2007 and the EU’s Third Anti-Money Laundering Directive.
Section 18 of the Wills Act 1987 (as substituted by s18(1) of the Administration of Justice Act 1982) states that the marriage or civil partnership of a Testator automatically revokes any will that was made before that marriage.
As part of writing their Will a testator will choose people they trust to act as their executors after their death.
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