Articles in ‘Capacity, Care and Court of Protection’ Category

About Carol Carol’s specialist probate and estate planning experience includes; dealing with estates with foreign assets claiming inheritance tax relief advising on intestacy (where a person dies without a will) varying the distribution of an…

The Government is bringing in legislation that will allow individuals to have their Wills witnessed via video links. The legislation will apply to Wills made since 31 January 2020, the date of the first registered Covid-19 case in England and Wales.

New rules in respect of capital gains tax (CGT) will come into force, for UK residents, affecting all disposals of property from 6 April 2020.

Partner and head of our Private Client team James McNeile examines two important notices issued this month: the first one signalling potential changes to taxation of chargeable gains, and the second concerning the final regulations regarding the UK Trust Register.