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What is the Concept of Reasonable Provision and How Could it Affect Your Legacy?
Discover how gifts and transfers you make in life can affect the inheritance tax your estate pays when you are gone.
How to sign documents that need to be witnessed during the Coronavirus pandemic
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 [...]
Top Yorkshire Solicitor Supports Moves To Help 30m Without Wills As Covid-19 Pandemic Sees Spike In Demand
Rachel Roche, founder of multi-award-winning Roche Legal, has joined World Cup winner Sir Geoff Hurst to explain how leadership has helped their very different careers.
Do Your Inheritance Tax Plans Consider Lifetime Transfers?
Discover how gifts and transfers you make in life can affect the inheritance tax your estate pays when you are gone.
Award winning Rachel Roche teams up with Sir Geoff Hurst
Rachel Roche, founder of multi-award-winning Roche Legal, has joined World Cup winner Sir Geoff Hurst to explain how leadership has helped their very different careers.
Multi-award-winning Roche Legal recognised by STEP
Multi-award-winning Roche Legal has been recognised as an “employer partner” by STEP, the global professional association for practitioners who specialise in family inheritance and succession planning.
What is the Statutory Legacy Increase and What Could it Mean for Me?
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.
The Deputy and the DNA Test: How a Professional Deputy Aimed to Prepare for Possible Inheritance Disputes
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
As a Deputy, Can I Make Gifts on Behalf of the Person I’m Protecting?
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?
3 Ways of Contesting Inheritance
We examine three common ways in which inheritance arrangements are contested, using the facts of a remarkable case to provide clear real-world examples.
Rachel Roche signs publishing deal with Law Society Publishing
Rachel Roche, the founder of multi-award winning Roche Legal, has signed a deal with the Law Society to write a guide to setting up a new firm at a time of dramatic change in [...]
Government Scrap Planned Increases in Probate Fees
York solicitor Rachel Roche today hailed news of the Government’s decision to scrap planned increases in probate fees as a “victory for common sense.” Rachel Roche, founder of Roche Legal, has been supported by local [...]