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Deducting Title and Pre-59 Deaths

Many practitioners find administering pre 65 deaths a challenge and rightly so, because locating the rules can be cumbersome , ...
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Severing Joint Tenancies

It can often be the case that a residue clause whether on purpose or inadvertently will have the consequence that ...
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Income Tax Clearance in Estates – Part 3

In previous emails, we looked at the steps to follow as part of income tax clearance. We had got to ...
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Estate Income Tax Clearance – Part 2

This is a short note to help those solicitors who may be running the income tax clearance procedure themselves inhouse ...
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Managing Income Tax Clearance – Part 1

In the view of the author of this blog series certainly the most significant change to probate practice over the ...
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Dwellinghouse Relief and Owning Other Property

You may be familiar with dwellinghouse relief. Here a donee will be exempt from CAT where they inherit a dwellinghouse ...
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Debts due to the deceased as assets of an estate

Sometimes it is not appreciated that monies due to a deceased before they die continue to remain assets after death. ...
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Budget 2024 for Probate and Will Drafting Solicitors

Each year the budget arrives with a sense of anticipation and worry, as there may be seismic changes, that will ...
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Assent by Personal Representative of Unregistered Title

We have looked at various property elements of probate practice over the past number of weeks and today is no ...
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The Conveyance by a Personal Representative of Unregistered Title

Much is made of the vaulted power of sale of a per rep and this is contained in section 50 ...
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Registration of Personal Representatives in the Land Registry – Part 2

We had looked in previous blogs over the last number of weeks issues regarding trusts for land and the operation ...
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Wills, Trustees and Property

One often is questioned by clients as to how many trustess should you appoint in a will. This is generally ...
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