Rebalancing generational wealth

Private wealth

Insights

Clarke Willmott examines how you can contribute to correcting the wealth imbalance between generations through lifetime planning and gifting.

4 March 2022

Wills and tax planning: when not to do it yourself

Wills & probate

Insights

Making your own Will to save money may sound tempting. Clarke Willmott looks at what can go wrong and when not to do it yourself.

9 November 2020

Inheritance issues for the LGBTQ+ community

Wills & probate

Insights

In some ways the law is still evolving to encompass the different forms of family that now exist.

1 June 2024

Written by

Carol Hawking (previously Cummins)

Intestacy rules change but co-habiting partners still lose out

Wills & probate

Insights

The position of both co-habitants and surviving spouses can be protected, and unplanned for inheritance tax bills avoided, by drawing up a Will rather than relying on “the one size fits all” provisions laid down by the intestacy rules.

10 March 2020

Written by

Emma Pope (née Wiscombe)

Siblings and inheritance tax planning

Wills & probate

Insights

The vexed question of the position of siblings under UK Inheritance tax (IHT) law has again received some coverage in the media.

14 September 2019

Spring budget 2023: where does it leave carbon capture and storage (CCS)?

Energy, Infrastructure & Natural Resources

Insights

Read our expert analysis on Jeremy Hunt’s 2023 spring budget and what it means for carbon capture and storage (CCS) and the UK’s climate pledges.

23 March 2023

Can someone with dementia make a Will?

Court of Protection

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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

Domicile and the inheritance tax spouse exemption

Wills & probate

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We explore how inheritance tax spouse exemption can be claimed for UK domiciled people married to or in a civil partnership with a non-UK domiciled person.

14 September 2020

Written by

Carol Hawking (previously Cummins)

and

David Maddock

How the death of a shareholder affects business succession planning

Corporate and commercial law

Insights

The death of a shareholder in a private limited company has the potential to disrupt the running of the business, to create uncertainty and to raise concerns for the remaining shareholders and directors.

7 January 2025

Written by

Ed Foulkes

Intestacy and unexpected Inheritance tax bills

Wills & probate

Insights

Our inheritance tax specialists examine the inheritance tax bills some families may face if their loved one died without a Will. Contact an IHT solicitor on 0800 652 8025 for an initial consultation. Offices in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, London, Manchester, Southampton & Taunton.

8 June 2020

Key Corporate Trends for 2025

Corporate and commercial law

Insights

As we enter 2025, the pace of change in the world of business and politics continues to quicken amid market turbulence and sluggish growth in the UK, a new and returning President in the US and a raft of other challenges both at home and abroad.

31 January 2025

Written by

Kim Klahn

Rebalancing generational wealth

Wills and tax planning: when not to do it yourself

Inheritance issues for the LGBTQ+ community

Intestacy rules change but co-habiting partners still lose out

Siblings and inheritance tax planning

Spring budget 2023: where does it leave carbon capture and storage (CCS)?

Can someone with dementia make a Will?

Domicile and the inheritance tax spouse exemption

How the death of a shareholder affects business succession planning

Intestacy and unexpected Inheritance tax bills

Key Corporate Trends for 2025

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