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Double portions sound greedy and in a way they are. If someone makes a lifetime gift and there is a gift in a Will to the same beneficiary was it the intention of the deceased to provide for them [...]

This case is another interesting enquiry into the domicile of a testator in the context of a claim under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975. As in the recently [...]

Curiously for the English lawyer a child can hold legal title to real property in France. A fact largely irrelevant for the English lawyer - until that is an English minor domiciled and resident [...]

George Osborne recently presented his 2013 Budget . In it, he updated some of these previous announcements and proposed further measures. Some of these changes apply from April 2013 and some [...]

A quick update Blog with five practicalities with running a private client practice in April 2013.

Draft legislation was published alongside other Finance Bill draft legislation on 11 December but this was followed by revised draft legislation on 17 January 2013. Here is an overview...

People used to talk about the "risk free return" but recent economic events have spawned a new phrase to capture the essence of current investment offerings "return free risk". It may be a joke, [...]

Panic appears to be the sentiment prevailing in the legal world about the upcoming introduction of the Jackson reforms. However, is it really all that bad?

In this appeal the executors tried to argue that there had not been sufficient representations made by the deceased, nor had the defendants acted to their detriment on reliance of those [...]