Gill’s Blog

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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?

We only get one shot at life so need to organise ourselves to participate fully in what we are doing, be it a holiday, at work or being at home.

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 [...]