Mutual Wills: should you have them?

Wills & probate

Insights

We explore the pros and cons of Mutual Wills – Wills drawn up by at least two people, who agree not to alter their Will after the other dies. Call 0800 652 8025 for an initial consultation. National firm – based in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, London, Manchester, Southampton & Taunton.

9 September 2019

Written by

Emma Pope (née Wiscombe)

Death, tax and ISAs

Wills & probate

Insights

Our specialists explain when inheritance tax is payable on ISAs and when it can be avoided.

1 September 2019

Written by

Carol Hawking (previously Cummins)

and

Emma Pope (née Wiscombe)

Can someone with dementia make a Will?

Court of Protection

Insights

Clarke Willmott explore whether people with dementia could have the mental capacity to make a valid Will. Call 0800 652 8025 today to speak to a Wills specialist. Offices in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, London, Manchester, Southampton & Taunton.

21 August 2019

Written by

Anne Minihane

Acting as an executor: how to protect yourself from personal liability

Court of Protection

Insights

Executors of a Will, or administrators of an intestate estate have a number of different duties to discharge when administering an estate.

18 July 2019

Written by

Anthony Fairweather

and

Anne Minihane

Divorce and the family farm

Agriculture

Insights

Our divorce & farming solicitors look at the impact of divorce on a family farm. Call 0800 422 0123 for advice on farming divorce settlements.

28 February 2019

Written by

Chris Longbottom

and

Emily Finn

Dividing your home contents and personal belongings

Insights

The division of the contents of the former matrimonial home and personal belongings is often an added complication in what is already a stressful and emotional experience.

21 February 2019

Written by

Chris Longbottom

and

Emily Finn

Wills, inheritance tax and adult children living at home

Wills & probate

Insights

We consider the inheritance tax implications for adult children still living at home. Need advice? Call 0800 652 8025 for a free initial consultation. Award winning national firm based in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, London, Manchester, Southampton & Taunton.

13 February 2019

Written by

David Maddock

“This blessed plot…” – The SDLT advantages of buying vacant land

Residential conveyancing

Insights

From an SDLT perspective, buying a plot and then engaging someone to build a house on it afterwards may confer a number of SDLT blessings.

25 April 2018

Who can consent to a deprivation of liberty for children and young persons?

Court of Protection

Insights

It is increasingly easier for practitioners to spot a deprivation of liberty when a person is over 18 – but perhaps not so simple when considering whether a child, or young person is deprived of their liberty.

23 February 2018

A brief introduction to the Pubs Code

Property litigation

Insights

The Pubs Code came into force on 21 July 2016 with the aim of regulating the relationship between tied pub tenants (“TPTs”) and their landlords.

31 January 2018

Written by

Laura Robbetts

University Hospital Bristol NHS Trust found responsible of ‘Neglect’ following teenage death from meningitis

Insights

Kerry Fifield, Partner was instructed by the family of Isabel ‘Izzy’ Gentry, following a referral by the Meningitis Research Foundation in June 2016 shortly after Isabel’s death.

23 March 2017

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Mutual Wills: should you have them?

Death, tax and ISAs

Can someone with dementia make a Will?

Acting as an executor: how to protect yourself from personal liability

Divorce and the family farm

Dividing your home contents and personal belongings

Wills, inheritance tax and adult children living at home

“This blessed plot…” – The SDLT advantages of buying vacant land

Who can consent to a deprivation of liberty for children and young persons?

A brief introduction to the Pubs Code

University Hospital Bristol NHS Trust found responsible of ‘Neglect’ following teenage death from meningitis

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