How Training With English Speaking Board Has Helped My Career in Law
A vital skill for anyone working in the legal sector is the ability to communicate well.This extends not only to communication with clients, but also prospective clients, business contacts and...
View ArticleBBC2 Takes on Wills with 'Can't Take it With You'
They do say that today will be the most depressing day of 2011. Apparently, the lack of sunlight, amount of post-Christmas debt and the length of time until January pay day all combine to make this...
View ArticleWhat About my Internet Accounts when I Die?
At some point yesterday whilst I was driving from one appointment to another or it may even have been on the way home, I heard someone talking about internet accounts and what happens to them when you...
View ArticleElizabeth Taylor's Will Dispute
I hear that a dispute has arisen over a share of the multi million pound estate left by the late silver screen legend Elizabeth Taylor. Apparently, the Hollywood icon left 50,000 of her estate to a...
View ArticleFestive Spirit at the Market Drayton Livestock Market & Christmas Prize Show
On 7 December 2011 I went along to Market Drayton Livestock Market Christmas Prize Show and Sale. Lanyon Bowdler had sponsored one of the classes and I had been asked to present the LB Perpetual...
View ArticleNew Year, New Will - Is It At The Top Of Your Resolution List?
New Year new plans, and with them, the best of intentions, which do not always come to fruition. However, certain resolutions are worth sticking to, and for those people who have not yet made a Will,...
View ArticlePositive Outcome at Recent Agricultural Property Relief Tribunal
We have in the past been presented with situations where a downsizing farmer has moved out of the farmhouse and given away much of the land, perhaps to the next generation, but has retained ownership...
View ArticleDo you have A Timeshare Timebomb?
Many may be blissfully unaware of the burden of owning a timeshare property in perpetuity so here, with the help of partner Edward Rees I take a look at what it's all about. Q What is perpetuity?A...
View ArticleNew Court of Protection Legal Team Serving Shropshire and Herefordshire
When a person lacks capacity to make decisions for themselves, it is usually necessary to involve the Court of Protection. A person can lose their mental capacity in a variety of ways. The most common...
View ArticleMarriage....Does It Affect Your Will?
Generally speaking, mortality is an inescapably depressing subject. Although, on some level, we all know that the difficult aspects of life (including death) are usually the most important topics to...
View ArticleDownton Abbey Storyline - The Importance of Making a Will!
Last night saw the return of Downton Abbey, and the opening episode reveals that heir to the estate, Matthew Crawley, has died intestate leaving behind a wife and son, and an estate owing crippling...
View ArticlePossible Clampdown on Inheritance Tax Reduction Planning Involving Trusts
The eagle-eyed may have spotted a short article in the Telegraph Money section on 2 November 2013. This reported the possibility of a clamp-down by HMRC on Inheritance Tax (IHT) reduction planning...
View ArticleiPhone Will Found to be Valid
This is an unusual story from Australia that is, when we think about the potential ramifications, sending a tiny panicky shiver up our probate lawyer spines.Apparently, in what is believed to be a...
View ArticleRemembering to Include Digital Assets in your Will
Lately I have been struck by how often I use my iPad. During the recent bout of storms we have experienced here in the UK I found myself in the midst of a rather long power cut and life sort of came...
View ArticleLet's Talk About Death
We are very happy to blog and Tweet about most aspects of our lives. So why, when we are sharing such intimate details, is talk of death still such a taboo subject? Take the example of Richard Madeley...
View ArticleThe New Intestacy Rules from 1 October 2014
Q: What do Picasso, Jimi Hendrix and Abraham Lincoln all have in common?A: They all died Intestate. A copy of one of Picasso's classic pieces hangs in a meeting room at our Shrewsbury office...
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