Blog Detail
Life Long Law Blog
http://blog.pannone.com/life-long-law
Blog from the Trusts and Estates department of Pannone LLP.
Leading Manchester based law firm
- Added on: Jun 16th, 2009
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: blacksta
- Listed in: Law & Legal
- Tags: wills trusts solicitors court of protection pannone
Recent Posts
Nil rate band frozen
Alistair Darling has today delivered his Pre-Budget report and has announced that the nil rate band for inheritance tax is to be frozen at 325,000 until 2011. The nil rate band is the value in your estate which is effectively not taxed on your dea...
Court of Protection Problems - Solved
The Court of Protection and the Office of the Public Guardian have been in the news this week, with many people speaking out about problems they have faced with the Court of Protection. Court of Protection problems highlighted ranged from frus...
Professional executors
A topic that's been in the news this "Write a Will Week" is the question of whether to appoint solicitors as your executors, or indeed any professional person. A lot of beneficiaries are instinctively suspicious of solicitor executors, and that isn...
Office of the Public Guardian Registers
The Office of the Public Guardian registers are three databases that contain detailed information about the registration of Enduring Powers of Attorney (EPA), Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA) and Court of Protection deputyship orders. Anybody ...
Contesting a Will
It has just been reported that Christine Gill has won her High Court hearing against the RSPCA after she was cut out of her parents' Will. Initial reports are not entirely clear as to the basis of the ruling and also suggest the RSPCA may appe...
Facebook in your Will
Today I was quoted in a Guardian article on what happens to digital assets after your death. Digital assets could mean valuable domain names, internet-based bank accounts, or simply email accounts and profiles on social networking sites. My anal...
