Contentious Probate

When a family member passes away, the last situation anyone wants to find themselves in is being embroiled in a family feud.  Sadly, however, disputes can easily arise.  This is sometimes due to poor planning by the deceased who may not hav...

Posted by Administrator on Mon, 26 Apr 2010

Father sued by daughter over late mothers estate

The following just goes to show that you need to be very specific in relation to the bequests made under your will, and that no matter how good the family relationships are before you pass away, a death in the family can bring about great rif...

Posted by Administrator on Fri, 16 Apr 2010

Four-year freeze on nil-rate band will catch many more estates

A further 650,000 families could be brought into the inheritance tax net under a Labour government, after last week's budget froze the nil rate band at GBP325,000 until at least April 2014.It had been known since last autumn's pre-budget ...

Posted by Administrator on Tue, 30 Mar 2010

EU's Regulation

Helen Bryant discusses the UK’s opt out of the EU's regulation on succession and wills, proprietary estoppel, the position of executors when a will is being challenged, and inheritance tax

The government has decided that for the time be...

Posted by Administrator on Fri, 12 Feb 2010

Estate administration

In this section I aim to give an indication of the main problems encountered in estate administration and those issues that I feel will be most important over the coming months. The recession has led to a larger than usual number of wills...

Posted by Administrator on Mon, 21 Sep 2009