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Whether to do with probate and estate planning, downsizing or straightforward decluttering, we launched Blue Door, and have since been referred many times by the solicitors, or other professionals involved in the process, as we provide an “under [...]

Has your e-mail traffic increased during lock down? Certainly, probate practitioners are experiencing a sad surge in work because of the number of excess deaths during the pandemic and with it will come extra e-mails. But I am thinking here of [...]

This book is designed to help practitioners who advise clients on cross border estate planning. Wherever there is more than one country’s law applicable to a person’s estate the matter becomes complex. Many clients do not even recognise that [...]

“Natural capital” refers to all the elements of the natural environment – soil, water, wildlife species and habitats, forests etc. Farmers can be paid for creating environmental benefits or maintaining natural resources that provide value to [...]

Introduced by s.10 Finance Act 2008, and effective from 9 October 2007, the transferable nil rate band (TNRB) was expected to sound the “death knoll” for the use of nil rate band (NRB) legacies in Wills.  However, the inclusion of NRB legacies [...]

I have long been interested in what software is available for those of us drafting Wills. Some 30 years ago I took a look at Express Wills. I asked one of my team to try it out and she offered me her resignation expecting me to say we would use [...]

This book has been written by two brave practitioners who decided to ‘go it alone’: Darren Sylvester, who owns DJS Law Solicitors, which specialises in professional negligence and civil litigation; and Rachel Roche, who specialises in private [...]

The end of the calendar year is traditionally known for being the rush season for French property transactions. Sellers usually want to complete before the end of the French tax year and avoid being responsible for paying the property’s local [...]

Just to think of all the different connections we used to make in a day with other humans and to see them all reduced to 2D on Zoom is depressing but at least we can continue to function. Perhaps we need now to think about how we make the use of [...]

When discussing investment themes there are 2 main topics which dominate debate among investment professionals.  The ‘Active Vs Passive’ question and the ‘Responsible’ Vs ‘Traditional’ investment portfolio.  Both of these debates are highly [...]