Edinburgh sees biggest rise in inheritance tax bills
In the last few years, the UK’s property market has boomed, nowhere more so than in Edinburgh where property prices rose by 5 percent in 2019. But what this has also led to is the title for the UK’s largest increase in inheritance tax bills, according to Scottish Legal News. The law firm Boodle Hatfield […]
Title Research’s latest blog discusses working with cross-border estates
In today’s modern world, it is increasingly more common to come across individuals who have acquired foreign assets throughout their lifetime. As a result of this, Solicitors are often presented with a whirlwind of challenges during the estate administration process due to a lack of expertise in working with these often-complicated overseas jurisdictions. In their […]
Assisted Dying Bill passes second reading
The private members Assisted Dying Bill cleared its second reading in the House of Lords on Friday. Introduced by Baroness Meacher in May 2021, the bill seeks to provide greater clarification over the issue of euthanasia in the UK. Currently euthanasia is illegal in the UK under The Suicide Act 1961 which makes it a […]
Unbundling has “untapped potential” states LSCP
The Legal Services Consumer Panel has concluded that legal unbundling services should be promoted more proactively in a bid to reduce scepticism and encourage more firms to offer the service. Defined as “the separation of tasks within a package of legal services between the consumer and the legal service provider” in which the two parties […]
