Trust Administration Update
Registration of Trusts As mentioned earlier, HMRC now require the majority of Trusts holding a value over £100 to be registered with the Trust Registration Service by no later than March 2022. Trusts that need [...]
Estate Planning & Wills – When To Review?
Our goal is to help you to keep up to date with your own estate planning and it is important to have continuity of advice at each important stage as you go through life. So, [...]
Thank you for the support and donations in aid of Parkinson’s UK
A big thank you to our clients, friends and contacts who kindly supported me and donated to Parkinson's UK for my 3 Peaks Challenge, successfully completed last weekend. The work of Parkinson's UK is vital [...]
Face-to-Face or Video Meetings?
To our clients (existing and former), friends and contacts. I hope you and your families are all keeping as well as is possible during this difficult time. Reviewing your Wills & Trusts and Lasting Powers [...]
Coronavirus – Impact on Legal Processes
To my clients (existing and former), friends and contacts. I hope you, your families and colleagues are keeping well at this time. Please forgive me for not sending this to you individually and also to [...]
Intestacy Rules for Statutory Legacy Increases to £270K
The Government promised it would update the Intestacy Rules every five years and so it’s good to see that promise has been upheld. On 6 February 2020, the statutory legacy for surviving spouses and civil [...]
Expats and UK Wills – Advice and Suggestions
Are you an Expat and do you have a UK Will? Do you own assets in the UK, but you now live overseas? Or have you arrived in the UK, but you already have a [...]
To former/existing clients for whom I am appointed executor or trustee
NOTE: FOR MY FORMER/EXISTING CLIENTS FOR WHOM I AM APPOINTED AS AN EXECUTOR AND/OR TRUSTEE You may have recently received communications on behalf of my former firm Cartmell & Co (now Beaujeux, Wilde & King) [...]
Are Court costs for applying for a Grant of Probate going to increase? And if so, when?
Grant of probate - are the costs of applying for court fees going to increase? What is the proposed Non-Contentious Probate (Fees) Order 2018? It is primarily a proposed review of fees and costs payable [...]
Wills & Trust Advice for International Clients – Understanding UK Tax Laws
What do you need to consider most? UK Taxation Laws.... How inheritance is organised? How estates are administered under the laws of England & Wales? How UK taxation laws affect inheritance? How to ensure adequate [...]