Flexible Life Interest Trusts (FLITs) are sometimes described as “the ideal modern family trust". We take a quick look at what they are.
Property Protection Trusts (PPTs) are by far one of the most common types of trusts included in wills.
In this article we look at the role of a trustee, including age conditions, responsibilities and how to choose a trustee.
We are able to report that The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has formally announced that Wills witnessed via video are to be made legal.
We look at what you can do to make sure you can still have a professionally drafted will put in place even during these times of social distancing.
The construction of a will can alter the date from which it ‘speaks’. The rules differ depending on whether we are talking about subject matter or objects.
In this purely speculative piece we will be looking at what the future of Will Writing may look like thanks to the technology available to us already.
It’s all well and good taking instructions remotely but this is just the first step. The next hurdle is getting the will properly signed, and unfortunately this hurdle is much harder to overcome.
The SWW Technical Team have put together an article which takes a look at some of the most common errors made when drafting discretionary trusts.
In this article we thought we would do something a little different and share some scenarios we have provided advice on to members.
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