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UK Autumn Budget: Reaction & Insight from the Legal Sector

23rd November 2017
Yesterday Phillip Hammond delivered his second and, in some analyst’s eyes, crucial Autumn Budget for the UK.   With a range of Tax revisions, changes to the housing market and investment in technology and the NHS there has been some praise for the Chancellor’s proposals. But what are the implications for the Legal Sector and those […]
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Professional Excellence – Special Needs and Elder Law Planning – Michigan Law Center, PLLC

31st October 2017
Michele Fuller, Founder and Managing Partner of the Michigan Law Center, PLLC, speaks on elder law planning; thinking about life after death is not on the topic of everyone’s list, but Michele touches on the importance of it. Her firm is focused on planning for persons with disabilities of all ages, preserving assets and helping […]
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Working in Estate Planning for High Net Worth Individuals

31st October 2017
Over the last couple of years, Goran Studen has specialised in advising Ultra High Net Worth Individuals (UHNWI), institutional clients and family offices in all aspects of estate planning and inheritance law. He says: “As Managing Partner at JSP Jakob Studen Partner my focus is to develop our law firm in terms of broadening our […]
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When Corporate Needs Meet Private Client

31st October 2017
“International HNWIs must plan for additional events which do not concern a domestic client, such as pre-arrival planning, or where they plan to leave the UK”, says Joe Cobb an Associate in the Private Capital team at Addleshaw Goddard. “Such clients often have an array of professional advisers and the ability to work with other […]
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Mental Incapacity & Personal Finance Are Not Good Bedfellows

25th October 2017
Latest figures estimate that over 130,000 people living in the community aged 65+ have suffered financial abuse at some point since turning 65*. This, it would appear, is only the tip of a largely unreported financial abuse iceberg, according to David Lockwood of Finders International. The UK’s current demographic is providing near perfect conditions for […]
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Calls for Protection of Vulnerable People After Introduction of Online Applications for Probate

18th October 2017
Esther Woodhouse, Associate Member of Chartered Institute of Legal Executives and Probate specialist lawyer at Roythornes said: “The online service is part of wider Government plans to reform the justice system and deliver a modern service to improve the efficiency of the probate application process. “Although I agree with the move to enhance the procedure, […]
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Can Compulsory Living Wills Be Enforced?

5th October 2017
A High Court senior judge has recently suggested that living wills should be compulsory, to set out a statement of wishes in the event of an incapacitating illnesses. Mr Justice Francis said: "It should be compulsory that we all have to make living wills because these cases would be resolved much more easily. "We all […]
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Government Not Doing Enough to Protect Older and Vulnerable

20th September 2017
Legal specialists are urging Government to do more to protect older people and help them plan ahead for later life. A survey of SFE (Solicitors for the Elderly) lawyers, whose members specialise in advising older and vulnerable clients, found that 80% of lawyers think there are not enough safeguards in place to protect people from […]
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Your Thoughts: Inheritance Tax, Scrap It or Keep It?

5th September 2017
Should the inheritance tax, a tax which is paid from the assets you leave behind when you die, be scrapped or is it actually something we want to keep? Opinions on this subject differ widely, so as part of this week’s Your Thoughts Lawyer monthly reached out to a number of experts in the field, […]
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Making Sure There is Life After Death: Importance of Estate Planning

30th August 2017
Samuel B. Ledwitz is an Estate Planning Attorney, Trust and Probate Law Specialist, certified by the California Board of Legal Specialisation of the State Bar. Aside from his work, Samuel speaks about his family: “I have a beautiful wife and two children. I cherish the time I spend with them, my parents, and other relatives. […]
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