Can You Withdraw Money from a Dead Person’s Account?
As well as the grief felt by bereaved families, there are important practical concerns that families have to address, including financial practicalities.
As well as the grief felt by bereaved families, there are important practical concerns that families have to address, including financial practicalities.
Discover how gifts and transfers you make in life can affect the inheritance tax your estate pays when you are gone.
Although it is business as usual for us during this unprecedented and worrying time, there are some things that we have had to adapt to ensure compliance with the law. One of these is how our clients go about signing their Wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney and other legal documents, where signatures need to be …
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Discover how gifts and transfers you make in life can affect the inheritance tax your estate pays when you are gone.
With the government’s recent increase of the Statutory Legacy, we examine the Statutory legacy and how it could affect passing your property on after death.
We look at a rare case in which a Deputy sought approval to DNA test the person they were protecting, in order to avoid possible inheritance disputes in future
Deputies make decisions for a person who has lost the mental capacity to decide for themselves, but can a Deputy make gifts using that person’s assets?
We examine three common ways in which inheritance arrangements are contested, using the facts of a remarkable case to provide clear real-world examples.
The Court of Protection has recently clarified rules about when and how Attorneys under a Lasting Power of Attorney can make gifts using the Donor’s assets.
Could the order in which you and your partner die make a difference your loved ones’ inheritance? We look at a recent case where this had a dramatic effect.