Is a Deed of Variation enforceable in Italy?
Civil lawyers who come across a Deed of Variation ("DoV") in the UK concerning an estate including property outside the UK, are often faced with not-easy-to-answer-questions - what is a DoV? Is a [...]
Rectification of a deed of variation
Vaughan-Jones v Vaughan-Jones [2015] EWHC 1086 (Ch) is a helpful illustration of the court’s approach to rectifying a deed of variation which fails to correctly give effect to the parties’ [...]
Autumn Statement 2015 – summary of key points
The good news and the bad news. Gill Steel condenses the Autumn Statement 2015 into the key points for Private Client practitioners to take note of.
Deeds of variation: rectification and the consequences
In Vaughan-Jones v Vaughan-Jones [2015] EWHC 1086 (Ch), the court agreed to rectify a Deed of Variation which omitted a statement that section 142 Inheritance Tax Act 1984 (IHTA 1984) was [...]
Salvaging defective Deeds of Variation
For the exercise of a power by trustees (or other donees) to be valid, what is required is not an intention to exercise the specific power, but rather an intention to achieve the desired outcome
Tips for Private Client Advisers to add value to the Probate Process
One of the joys of being a professional adviser is that many clients become trusted and supportive friends. The death of such a client can be a shocking experience. Hopefully the client will have [...]
