With a combination of rising house prices and a freeze on the threshold at which estates pay inheritance tax means that many more households fall into the tax net than was once the case. In this article we look at how, with...
Farmers with pensions invested in their own farming assets should be aware of the devastating impact recent pension rule changes could have on their farm in the event of divorce. Pensioners can now not only withdraw up to...
An unintended consequence of the pension reforms is that any divorcee with a pension earmarking order (regularly used before pension sharing came into force in 2000) may need to act fast to protect their retirement...
Recent changes to intestacy rules highlight the need for making a will and assessing inheritance tax implications. On 1 October 2014, the Inheritance and Trustees Powers Act 2014 (“the Inheritance Act”) brought in...
The Supreme Court has today unanimously allowed the appeal in Vince v Wyatt [2015] UKSC 14. It ruled that the wife's claim against her former husband who is a green energy multi-millionaire, was not an abuse of process and...
In April 2014, the terms which we use to denote how a child lives with a parent upon a couple’s separation changed. The shift emphasises a departure from the use of the labels such as “Residence” and “contact” all...
In a cautionary tale for those who care for elderly relatives, the heirs of a dementia sufferer are in danger of losing their inheritance after failing to convince a Land Registry Adjudicator that the value of the man's home...
Separated couples should fix their eyes firmly on the future when signing divorce agreements, as was demonstrated in a recent case in which a former soldier, whose ex-wife had 'spent her share' after their split, fought off...
When an elderly woman died and left her entire estate to her window cleaner, rather than the nephew who had looked after her for a very long period of time, a challenge to her Will was always likely. The nephew claimed that...
The High Court has lamented the expenditure of almost £1 million in legal costs by a warring ex-couple whose acrimonious divorce had descended into a murky world of lies, private detectives, hidden assets and mutual...
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