Once a month the Technical Team publish a selection of interesting recent queries received from our Members.
In an announcement today, The Law Commission has published Making a Will: A Supplementary Consultation Paper.
We recently published an article addressing the increase of the statutory legacy under intestacy rules - let's look at some further updates.
In this article, we will discuss some of the common mistakes that people make with their estate planning.
The Law Commission has published a report addressing the various legal and regulatory challenges surrounding digital assets.
Welcome to the fourth in a new series of articles from the SWW Technical Team; Common Questions in our Inbox. Following on from our look at property protection trusts, this instalment will be about one of the other common will trusts – discretionary trusts. A discretionary trust is a type of trust where the trustees are...
There may be many different reasons for an inheritance, will or trust dispute. Some of our clients dispute a will for reasons such as lack of mental capacity or undue influence, or the fact the will was made during the COVID-19 pandemic, while others may be seeking to remove an executor or a trustee from...
The UK government has laid a statutory instrument setting a new statutory legacy, increasing the existing sum of £270,000 to £322,000.
For this next instalment on four Common Questions series let’s talk about the property protection trust (PPT).
For this first instalment of a new series of articles from the SWW Technical Team, let’s talk about guardianship.
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