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The process of valuing an estate for inheritance tax purposes and selling assets, namely property, can be a time-consuming process. Indeed property is likely to be the most valuable asset within [...]

Changes which are not of our making are challenging because we do not have control of the timing of implementation and have our own workloads to consider. A change which is core to our services, [...]

Understandably, the focus of British owners of Spanish properties has shifted sharply away from Brexit anxiety, to concern about the consequences of the current coronavirus lockdown. The Spanish [...]

As we get older, and especially if living alone, it may be inevitable that we need to move into a care home.  Once settled in, the question arises as to what will happen with our home.  Although [...]

During our lifetimes we collect many chattels such as our breakfast bowl, jewellery, cars and, perhaps, works of art, also disposing of some as they wear out or cease to be of interest. Some [...]

It’s increasingly likely that when administering estates there will be a foreign element to consider. This is due in part to an increase in private clients owning assets in foreign jurisdictions, [...]

Calming ‘upset’ clients is different from dealing with ‘difficult’ ones. When a reasonable person gets upset they may have momentary lapses of unreasonableness but basically that person is still [...]

The Deceased’s wishes, whether expressed or not, ought to be taken into account in accordance with Article 8 – the right to private and family life. But how does this sit with the position that [...]

The payment protection insurance (PPI) scandal has been with us for several years now, and a deadline for new claims has been set by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of 29 August 2019. But [...]

The fraught difficulty of who has the right to choose how the corpse is to be disposed of; where it is to be buried and/or whether it should be cremated and then who owns the ashes only rarely [...]