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Do you have the Ground Rent grumps?

• Posted2024-02-16 00:00
• AuthorAmy Settle

Do you have the Ground Rent grumps?   As leasehold property owners we are faced with that annual ground rent payment and we just don’t know why we pay it. Many pay a nominal amount equivalent to a high street coffee but others pay so much...

Significant Surge in Inheritance Disputes

• Posted2024-01-02 00:00
• AuthorEmma Manifold

Significant Surge in Inheritance Disputes     It has been reported in The Times recently (27 December 2023) that legal cases involving inheritances disputes have risen by 34% in the last 5 years, with 195 inheritances disputes going to court...

Inheritance Tax - IHT - where are we now?

• Posted2023-11-27 00:00
• AuthorSarah Greene

There was much talk recently about the possibility of Jeremy Hunt making changes to inheritance tax (IHT) in his Autumn statement of 22nd November.  There had been rumours that IHT was being scrapped altogether or that instead of a 40% tax charge it...

The Inheritance - The legal bits

• Posted2023-09-04 00:00
• AuthorEmma Manifold

‘THE INHERITANCE’    The new drama recentlystarted on Channel 5 ‘The Inheritance’, has been very popular with audiences and gives an interesting insight faced by many following the loss of a parent or very close family...

Probate - Don't DIY!

• Posted2023-08-07 00:00
• AuthorEmma Manifold

Probate – the DIY approach    There has been a definite increase in the number of do-it-yourself probate applications in recent times, particularly after the Court Service rolled out an online portal system in 2018 which allows...