Gifting can sometimes be an effective way to reduce your future potential Inheritance Tax (IHT) liability after your lifetime. However, you only need to consider this if there would be a potential IHT liability after your death OR you have other genuine reasons to make gifts to other people. Will there be an Inheritance Tax …
Power of Attorney and your Business
You may think that if you become unavailable to run your own business for a short or longer term, then your family and/or friends have an automatic legal right to act upon your behalf in relation to your business. They do NOT. Likewise, business partners and employees do not automatically have this right unless there …
Do We Need a Grant of Probate After Someone Dies?
Not Always If you are an Executor of a Will or a Representative of a deceased person (if there is no Will), you will need to establish whether a Grant of Probate is required for their estate. Usually, a Grant of Probate is required from a government department known as the “Probate Registry” if any …
Inheritance Tax and Investment Property
Investment Property is NOT Automatically Exempt from Inheritance Tax (IHT) It is widely recognised that although most ongoing active businesses are exempt from Inheritance Tax (IHT) upon the death of the owner(s) or controlling shareholder(s), businesses where the main activity relates to investment property or properties are NOT exempt from potential IHT liability. Can I …
Ignore Lasting Power of Attorney at yours and your Family’s Peril
What is Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA)? Power of Attorney, or Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) as it is better known, is an official safety net whereby you can officially nominate, in advance, your choice of a person or people who may legally act upon your behalf either if you subsequently cease to be capable …
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Who can Contest my Will or my Estate?
When someone does not inherit from an estate but believes that they should, they may have grounds to contest the Will of a deceased person or contest the law of intestacy if there is no Will. Whether they will be successful with their claim depends upon numerous factors including whether they were financially dependent upon …
Vulnerable Adult Beneficiaries of a Will
Beneficiaries of Wills may be vulnerable for many reasons, including but not limited to learning difficulties, illness, and addiction. How do we provide for a vulnerable (and possibly dependent) adult Beneficiary in our Will? The beneficiary’s vulnerability is not as important as their care needs, and the solution is known as a Vulnerable Person Trust. …
Business Power of Attorney TRF Wills – Wolverhampton Office
TRF Wills are delighted to announce that we now have a full-time consultant covering Wolverhampton and its surrounding geographical areas. Therefore, if this is where you are based and you require a business-related Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA), then we shall be happy to help you. Business Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) A business Lasting …
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Power of Attorney – Wolverhampton
Power of Attorney – Wolverhampton, TRF Wills. A Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) is a legal document, which once registered with a court, enables a person or people of your choice to make decisions on your behalf as your “attorney(s)”. They are then able to make decisions legally, as if they are you, if you …
Solicitor v Local Professional Will Writer
Some people understandably believe that they will get a superior product and service if they use a solicitor rather than a local professional Will Writer. However, a Will is either legally valid or it is not, whether it is provided by a solicitor or a local Will Writer. A qualified solicitor is accountable to the Solicitors …
Security of a Valid Will Document
There are certain circumstances whereby the location and security of a valid Will document is crucial. When your spouse is NOT the biological parent of your children is a very important example of this. Second Marriages & Cohabitation It is increasingly common that people who remarry or cohabit after their previous spouse has died, wish …
A Will is NOT Simply a List
A Will is NOT simply a list of who does what, and who receives what, after we die. If that were the case, then there would be little need for solicitors and professional Will Writers because people would merely prepare such a list at their own convenience. Here are a few examples of potential issues …