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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 , ...
Read More Severing Joint Tenancies
It can often be the case that a residue clause whether on purpose or inadvertently will have the consequence that ...
Read More 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 ...
Read More 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 ...
Read More 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 ...
Read More 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 ...
Read More 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. ...
Read More 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 ...
Read More 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 ...
Read More 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 ...
Read More 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 ...
Read More 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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