30th May 2017
The cost of making a will can vary dramatically, with online “do it yourself” versions in high street stores costing as little as £9.99, going up to hundreds of pounds if you decide to see a solicitor, but is doing your will on the cheap a good idea? Private client solicitor Ian Lane of London…
3rd May 2017
Increasing numbers of pet owners are consulting lawyers to make provision for pets in their wills, yet many more are leaving it to chance and risk their pets ending up in an animal shelter, or worse still, being put down upon their owners’ death, say lawyers. Nicola Waldman, private client lawyer at Hodge Jones & Allen…
22nd March 2017
Millions of people may need to urgently review their wills to ensure their beneficiaries benefit from new inheritance tax rules coming into force on 6 April. The threshold for paying inheritance tax of 40% is currently set at £325,000 but from April each individual can claim an additional tax free allowance when a residential property…
15th March 2017
The Supreme Court has today published its judgment in the Ilott v Mitson will dispute case, allowing three animal charities to claim money awarded to them in a will, which has been in dispute since 2004. The private client team and the dispute resolution teams at London law firm Hodge Jones & Allen commented on…
21st February 2017
A opposite sex couple have lost their Court of Appeal battle to have a civil partnership instead of a marriage. Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan challenged a ruling that said they did not meet the legal requirement of being the same sex. The judgment, handed down today, found that there was a potential human rights…
