Free webinar: ‘Intestacies: The risks and opportunities’
Back by popular demand, Title Research’s Technical Manager, Simon Barber, is back on Wednesday 12th May at 12pm to share his years of expertise on intestacy. Simon will bring the presentation to life through interesting case studies, and will cover: Why intestacies occur Intestacy rules A step-by-step walk-through of a family tree reconstruction Bona Vacantia […]
Trusts in Wills: The work involved when a Trust is activated on death
Free webinar: ‘Trusts in Wills: The work involved when a Trust is activated on death’ Kings Court Trust’s experienced Technical Manager, Nigel Merchant, is back by popular demand on Wednesday 12th May at 1pm to discuss the work that can be expected when a Trust is activated on death. More specifically, Nigel will cover: Property […]
Britney Spears parents warring over conservatorship
Britney Spears parents are at loggerheads over the pop legend’s conservatorship. Spears’ mother, Lynne, 65, who divorced Jamie, 68, in 2002 after being together for 30 years has been raising questions about the fees he makes as their daughter’s conservator and has been querying the steep legal bills which are around $2million. Meanwhile Spears’ father, […]
Higher death rate causes inheritance tax to rise to over £5 billion
Inheritance tax has risen back to £5.3 billion in 2020-21, close to its peak in 2018/19 of £5.4 billion which is most likely to be because of the higher death rate. However, it fell back in the intervening year because of the rise in the residence nil rate band, and possibly because people had rushed […]