Gill’s Blog

There are numerous situations where IHT is payable because of a death, but the personal representatives have not had the assets vested in them to which the tax applies.

With changes to the Trust Registration Service, due fifth anti-money laundering directive (5AMLD), questions arise as to which trusts in relation to property will have to be registered.

How good are you at valuing the work you do, pricing it and selling that to the client? Look at moving away from hourly billing as clients demand certainty.

Recent studies have shown that loneliness and social isolation is having a negative impact on our ability to learn. The good news is, it's reversible.

All solicitors need to have a personal development plan (PDP) since the training rules changed in November 2018. Out went the 16 hours of CPD per annum and in came a more reflective approach to [...]

It is much easier to make decisions when you have not got to wade through a mountain of stuff to find that vital piece of paper, but you have a system to get right to it. It is also so much [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The future of work in general, and some areas of law in particular, is uncertain. Historically, there have always been peaks and troughs in different areas of law with recessions and booms, [...]