18 Oct, 2024 Inheritance tax rises? By Donna Holmes Rumours about the forthcoming Budget abound - what will the Chancellor do? The truth is, no one knows until 30 October. However, the...
16 Oct, 2024 Providing for family and friends with disabilities after you are gone By Nikhil Handa This BBC article explains how a large proportion of adults with severe learning disabilities in Wales live with their families, meaning...
15 Oct, 2024 Autumn Budget from a matrimonial lawyer’s perspective By Kelly Brown After a change in government over the summer, Labour’s first Budget will be delivered by Chancellor Rachel Reeves on Wednesday 30 October...
03 Oct, 2024 Golden owls and treasure hunts: Keeping an enterprise going after your death By Nikhil Handa There's good news for treasure hunters this week as it was announced that a long-running mystery has been solved. As this BBC news...
02 Oct, 2024 100 weddings! And a funeral? Thinking about wills when you get married By Nikhil Handa Many of us will have been pleased to read about the 100 weddings that took place at Old Marylebone Town Hall yesterday in celebration of...
02 Oct, 2024 When is a Swiss Army knife not the right tool? By Christopher Frankling Recent whistleblowers have reported an alarming history of patients being injured during surgery at University Hospitals Sussex NHS...
24 Sep, 2024 Accessing a loved one’s assets when they pass away By Nikhil Handa According to this recent BBC news article, Apple has refused a widower access to his wife’s iPhone, preventing him from having...
19 Sep, 2024 Forward planning now - Dementia can affect anyone By Donna Holmes I have been really touched reading the story of The FTD Brothers who sadly lost their mother, grandmother and aunt to dementia and then...
10 Sep, 2024 Great Ormond Street Hospital has offered 'sincere apologies' to children who have suffered lifelong damage By Stacey Barnard NHS Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) is in the press this week, after announcing its review of 721 patients. The...
09 Sep, 2024 Some Ancient Egyptian wisdom – Explaining your reasons for disinheriting someone By Nikhil Handa This weekend I visited the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford and was particularly surprised by one of their exhibits – the ‘Will of Naunakhte’. ...
27 Aug, 2024 Can your will provide for your property to be cremated with you? By Nikhil Handa This week, the peculiar request of French actor Alain Delon that his dog should be put down and buried with him on his death has hit the...
20 Aug, 2024 Inheritance and capital gains tax changes likely - Should compensation awards be treated differently? By Donna Holmes As we are all probably well aware, the country has a financial black hole - some £22 billion - which, sadly, is unlikely to be found down...