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Delays to probate application approval - how to lessen the impact

Ed Ryder
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Ever lengthening waiting times for probate applications to be approved are generating additional burdens for executors, particularly those sorting out issues without professional support. For example, waiting times in respect of more complex...

Legal 500 - Fantastic results for Harrowells

Peter Mills
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Each year Legal 500 publish a report focused on the quality of advice and nature of work undertaken by leading law firms in the UK, including our own. Legal 500 base their assessment, to a significant extent, on feedback given directly to Legal 500 by our...

Succession...comes to Yorkshire

Philip Williams
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Like me, you might be an avid follower of the epic Sky Atlantic box set ‘Succession’ (no spoilers please – I’m still wading through season 2). For those who haven’t seen the show, the drama features a family who own a...

'The Reading of the Will' is a myth created by Hollywood

Philip Nelson
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I was discussing with colleagues the various probate and will myths we have come across over the years.  The one that occurred to us and is most asked about is 'The Reading of the Will' when someone dies. Films always portray the...

Gifting during your lifetime can reduce the inheritance tax bill

Philip Nelson
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Inheritance tax is often thought of as a tax that only applies on death. Its scope, however, is wider than that. Its predecessor was called capital transfer tax, which is closer to the mark. Whilst it is mainly payable on death, it is also relevant in...

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