Oct 03, 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...
Oct 02, 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...
Sep 09, 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’. ...
Aug 27, 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...
Aug 20, 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...
Jul 30, 2024 Proposed care fees cap abolished By Donna Holmes After being kicked into the long grass on several occasions since first being proposed, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed what we...
Jul 18, 2024 Celebrity Send Off - Lifting the stigma on conversations about death By Lauren Saville Co-op Funeralcare has teamed up with Channel 4 to launch a social-first entertainment series to change the dialogue surrounding funerals....
Mar 25, 2024 The risks of not considering digital assets before you die By Lucy Bluck New research has revealed that fewer than a quarter of people aged 30 or over have referenced digital assets in their will. Research...
Mar 07, 2024 Probate and the Budget - a nugget of hope? By Donna Holmes Yesterday's Budget had some ‘headline grabbers’ around tax cuts - given the cost of living crisis, whether those cuts make a discernible...
Jul 12, 2023 The importance of a professionally drafted will By Lucy Bluck You may have seen the recent news article about Aretha Franklin's estate and the problems caused by various testamentary documents being...
Jul 11, 2023 The danger of home made wills... By Tessa Whiskard Provided that a will meets the formal requirements of validity (i.e. that it is in writing, signed by the person making it (the testator)...
Jul 06, 2023 New intestacy law provisions highlight the need to make a will By Zoe Mellen If somebody dies intestate (without a will) leaving both a spouse or civil partner and children, the spouse or civil partner is entitled...