Tricky business: The challenge of inheriting the family business
By Luke Cheadle, Head of UK Operations for The Estate Registry Of all the assets an individual may accrue over their lives, one of the more challenging when it comes to inheritance planning – or resolving once a loved-one has died – is a business. Business owners and beneficiaries can typically obtain either 50% or […]
The Increasing Importance of Will Searches
By Emma Baddaley, Strategic Relationship Director, Estatesearch and Committee Member of Women in Wills Data has shown law firms offering advice in the area of contentious wills, trusts, and probate have more than doubled since 2018 [1]. Questions over the validity of Wills is one factor behind this growing trend. In 2023, we conducted our […]