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Consideration of what will happen in case of death or loss of capacity by a director should be part of a standard process when setting up a company. A director is a company officer,  but also norm...

Claims made by adult children for provision out of the estate of a deceased parent are not novel at all.  Children of the deceased (even though independent adults) are entitled to bring claims for a...

Many properties are held jointly.  Often two people are registered at the Land Registry as the legal owners.  That does not necessarily mean that they are each entitled to half the benefit of the pr...

The taxation of money in joint bank accounts is dependent on who owns it. It is not uncommon for joint bank accounts to be set up just for convenience when an elderly person is struggling to manage th...

Joint accounts are a practical and cheap way of paying an elderly relative’s bills, when that person is struggling to manage their affairs.  They have the advantage of being much quicker and cheape...

Though it is not extremely common, it does happen that Wills, even those prepared professionally, contain mistakes or errors. When those are discovered only after the testator passed away, this can ca...

  Choć nie jest to bardzo częste, zdarza się, że testamenty, nawet te sporządzone przez profesjonalistów, zawierają błędy lub pomyłki. Jeśli wyjdą one na jaw dopiero po śmierci te...

People who live together, be it friends, unmarried partners or as is more and more often the case, adult children, and parents, often believe that as a result of the cohabitation they have some automa...