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A recent case heard in the Court of Appeal illustrates the beneficial Inheritance Tax (IHT) treatment of certain classes of assets and the advisability of taking advice on IHT planning...
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A now retired solicitor who ‘assisted’ his two elderly aunts to change their wills, making him the principal beneficiary of both, has seen the court overturn them and reinstate earlier...
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If you are having difficulty paying your mortgage, you may be tempted to consider a sale and rent back (SRB) agreement. Under an SRB, the property is bought by a...
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Insurers do not always pay claims promptly and without question. Indeed, the courts deal on a regular basis with disputes between claimants who have made a claim under their insurance...
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Second marriages are fruitful ground for disputes over estates and when the widow of a Sheffield multi-millionaire claimed against his £6 million estate under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and...
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The Court of Appeal recently ruled in a case which asked whether fatherhood is sufficient to warrant contact with a child and decided that the answer is ‘no’.
The...
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A recent case in which the owners of a farm faced ruin because their property was saddled with an ancient responsibility to maintain the local church received a great deal...
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A farmer’s son who worked in the family farming business his whole life without receiving a proper wage was promised that he would inherit the farm when his father died....
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The newspapers recently reported the sad case of Geoffrey Hough, an elderly man from Salford, Manchester, whose life savings of £56,000 had been fraudulently spent by his son-in-law. Mr Hough...
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A case brought by a group of residents who live near a tip was recently heard by the Court of Appeal.
The residents complained that the smell of the...
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