Wills and probate
6 Feb 2019
Tax planning for your inheritance
Planning how to deal with your assets in a tax efficient manner is an important but potentially complex task. An increasing number of estates will be liable to inheritance tax (IHT) on the owner’s death, so it is vital to consider how your will can be drafted to reduce the amount of tax that will […]
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4 Dec 2018
Why a health and welfare power of attorney is a good idea
A health & welfare lasting power of attorney is a legal document which allows you to appoint people you trust to make decisions about health treatments and personal care for you if you lose the mental capacity to make such decisions for yourself. Iwona Durlak, a specialist with IMD Solicitors with offices in London, Manchester […]
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25 May 2018
Top 10 reasons to use a lawyer to make your lasting power of attorney
A lasting power of attorney lets you decide who you would like to make decisions for you if you lose mental capacity. While you may be tempted to try and do it yourself, the process is complicated and if not followed correctly your lasting power of attorney may not be valid when you need to use it. […]
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16 Mar 2017
Daughter cut out of Will loses animal charities fight that went on for over a decade
What happened? In 2002 mother, Melita Jackson, made her last will and testament with a letter explaining that she had disinherited her daughter after she walked out of the family home in 1978, to live with her boyfriend. Ms Jackson left almost all of her £486,000 estate to the Blue Cross, the Royal Society for […]
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