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Per Stirpes – Great-grandchildren
Just following on from our recap on the per stirpes rule I just wanted to share a recent experience which ...
Read More Per Stirpes Rules – The Basics
We all know the per stirpes rule, or think we know it in any event. We further know that it ...
Read More Prior Gifts – Gathering information
In my last blog we looked at the importance of gathering information for prior gifts. Very often clients have been ...
Read More Managing Prior Gifts – Revenue Changes
Gift and inheritance tax in Ireland is based on a system of taxing what the beneficiary obtains. This is the ...
Read More The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022
It is now hard to believe that we are writing about an Act rather than a Bill when it comes ...
Read More Capacity Legislation Becoming a Reality
It is hard to believe that after so many false starts that the 2015 capacity legislation is soon becoming a ...
Read More Wills and Wardship
When a person is placed in wardship the Wards of Courts office will require the original will to be lodged ...
Read More Launch of New Solicitor Query Service
Today is something a bit different as I launch out a new service for solicitors. Find out more in this ...
Read More Cohabitation Criteria
Background to the Law The Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (the "2010 Act") introduced ...
Read More Consequences of will Revocation
There was a recent interesting case in the High Court concerning revocation. The conclusion of the case may be a ...
Read More New CGT Clearance for Non-Residents
In previous blogs, I talked about the secondary liability of solicitors in relation to capital gains tax liabilities when property ...
Read More Getting bogged down in Queries
I was somewhat disappointed to see an article appear in the Irish Times on Tuesday the 25th of October 2022 ...
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