Can you afford to die?

As will writers, probate practitioners and legal professionals, you are well used to dealing with the shock and grief that bereavement can bring. You know too that it is often a difficult time to broach the needful and urgent issues of probate and inheritance. So you probably also understand how difficult it can be for […]

New Inheritance Tax rules discriminate against the childless say North East lawyers

Darlington law firm, Latimer Hinks, have sent an open letter to the Chancellor, George Osborne stating the changes to the Inheritance Tax (IHT) rules discriminate against the childless. Currently, where an estate is worth more than £325,000, it is subject to inheritance tax; this means 40% of the value of the assets above the £325,000 […]