Gill’s Blog

The case of Beasant v Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind and others [2022] EWHC 1319 highlights that the law is something of an ass.

The IHT 205 has effectively been abolished for deaths on or after 1 January 2022 because the Office of Tax Simplification saw it as duplicating the effort of PRs. 

A sound footing makes for a sound Will. Time spent on taking good instructions and making proper attendance notes is time well spent.

When a testator dies leaving a discretionary trust over residue, how are the trustees to return this income for the relevant tax year?

As firms gear up to register non-taxable trusts in large numbers the question is, who will be paying the firm’s fees for acting as agent for the trust in undertaking the registration.

Private client Practitioners have had to flex to accommodate the government’s digital changes. How does this leave your firm’s current business model?

These regulations update which estates are excepted from the need to provide a full IHT account (the IHT 400) on a person’s death.

Klaus Schwab of the World Economic Forum suggests we have already entered the Fourth Industrial Revolution. How do we lawyers thrive in such an era?

Now with the wonders of the internet, we can present to you a 10 module Probate course to download and work through at your own pace.

What is your view? Should a terminally ill person be able to arrange for assistance to die at a time and place of their choosing?