The importance of international bankruptcy searches in the estate administration process.
Undertaking an overseas bankruptcy search on beneficiaries resident overseas is the best way for personal representatives and legal professionals to mitigate the risk of claims being made against them. A bankruptcy search is essential to ensure estate funds are lawfully distributed. Failing to perform these searches can lead to personal liability for maladministration, including wrongful […]
How Estatesearch Supports JMW to Provide Excellent Client Care
JMW is an award-winning full-service law firm established over 45 years ago with offices in Manchester, Liverpool and London. JMW’s team is renowned for expertise in achieving positive outcomes for our clients, both businesses and individuals. Lucy Cresswell, Solicitor, JMW explains: “Building client relationships and providing an excellent JMW experience is at the heart of […]
Aura Life’s Compliance Team wins SME Compliance Team of the Year at ICA Compliance Awards 2024
Aura Life has announced that its Compliance Team has been named as the Winner of the SME Compliance Team of the Year at the ICA Compliance Awards 2024. The ICA Compliance Awards are held to celebrate the ‘outstanding achievements, collaboration, and innovation’ of compliance and financial crime prevention teams. The comprehensive assessment process was overseen […]
Contesting a will with Will claim solicitors no win no fee specialists| Adult child financial provision claim and getting over 50% of the estate
Will claim Solicitors, specialist no win no fee will dispute and will contest Solicitors, discuss whether an adult child in a financial provision claim under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 can ever get over fifty percent of the deceased’s estate Claims by adult children for financial provision under the Inheritance (Provision […]
Labour government to abolish non-domicile status and tighten IHT rules
Following the UK general election, the new Labour government is expected to follow through with the previous administration’s plan to eliminate the resident non-domicile status and the remittance basis, as reported by STEP. The previous Conservative government had planned to offer a provision for trusts established by non-doms before April 2025, exempting these trusts from […]
The five most expensive words in the English language
The five most expensive words in the English language – “it’s a matter of principle.” Because principles cost money. And this increasingly plays out across contentious private client matters, in inheritance and probate disputes. Joining host David Opie on the latest Today’s Wills and Probate Podcast is Hayley Gaffney, an associate at Coodes Solicitors and […]
