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Rabab Zulfukar
Lost Wills: What are the implications?
Sometimes, Personal Representatives may find themselves in an awkward situation where the original Will of the testator cannot be located...
16/08/22
Yousafa Hazara
Beneficial ownership register for overseas entities owning UK property
The UK government passed the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act (the Act) on 15 March 2022. The Act introduces a public...
08/08/22
Helen Mycroft
Lasting Power of Attorney’s and Investments – What’s changed in the guidance?
Following a change in the guidance and modernisation proposals we look at the issues around Lasting Power of Attorney’s (LPA) and...
28/07/22
John Bunker
Trust Registration Service Update: Guidance on Trust Register For Partnerships - Land, Cars and Machinery
The Trust Register has caused a great headache for many advisers, especially with trusts of property. A major update of the TRS Manual...
26/07/22
Jessica Fazzone
What to do if you are left cryptoassets in a Will?
In May, Irwin Mitchell hosted the 2022 First Law International Conference in Manchester. As part of the packed schedule of activities,...
15/07/22
Emma Hubbard
Family law: Summer Holidays and Passport Handovers
With the summer holidays fast approaching, many families have started their preparations for family holidays abroad. Whilst this should...
07/07/22
Katherine Thorpe
Leasehold Ground Rents: The beginning of the next generation
A fundamental change in residential leasehold ownership begins as the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 comes into effect on 30th...
30/06/22
Emma McCann
Does A Diagnosis Of Dementia Shut The Door To Legal Services?
Absolutely not. This Dementia Action Week, we look to dispel the myths surrounding dementia and what it means when arranging your own...
17/05/22
Nicola Hawkins
I Have Been Appointed As An Executor – What Expenses Can I Claim?
By Laura Williams, Paralegal and Elizabeth Potter, Trainee Solicitor. If you have been appointed as an Executor (or Administrator of an...
09/05/22
Irwin Mitchell
The Law On UK Domicile And Its Effect On Personal Taxation – An Introduction (Or A Refresher)
By Joshua Fowler, Solicitor. There has been much reporting in recent weeks on the domicile position of members of parliament and their...
26/04/22
Nicola Hawkins
Communication, capacity and estate planning
By Elizabeth Potter, trainee Solicitor and Nicola Hawkins, Solicitor, Tax, Trusts and Estates Team. Bruce Willis has millions of fans...
04/04/22
Irwin Mitchell
‘Material Information’: A Potential Conveyancing Revolution
By Jeremy Raj, Head of Residential Property. “Sometimes new laws come in with a bang, in other cases they sit on the statute books until...
01/04/22
Irwin Mitchell
Transgender Day of Visibility: Surrogacy for the Trans Community
By Hannah Saxe – Senior Associate Solicitor, Family Law. Transgender and non-binary people are increasingly opting for surrogacy as their...
31/03/22
Irwin Mitchell
Planning for the future - what is a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA)?
By Fiona Bushell - expert Will, Trust and Estates Solicitor. Losing the mental capacity to make sound decisions about aspects of our own...
22/03/22
Nicola Hawkins
Guidance for transfer of nil-rate Inheritance Tax allowance by Laura Colville, Senior Associate
It has been a long-established position that couples who are married or in a civil partnership (together known as ‘registered legal...
02/03/22
Irwin Mitchell
Are you Happy to Give your Closest Relative Automatic Access to your Phone?
Written by Jessica Fazzone, Associate Solicitor, Tax, Trusts and Estates On 18 January, The Digital Devices (Access for Next of Kin)...
21/02/22
Emma Hopton
Marriage, Divorce and Cohabitation: The Rights and Hurdles for the LGBTQIA+ Community.
Taler Kelly, Family Law Solicitor at Irwin Mitchell February is LGBT History Month. I’m sure many family lawyers recognise that their...
14/02/22
Irwin Mitchell
Personal Taxation of Cryptoassets - Income Tax and Capital Gain Tax
Written by Alex Ruffel, Tax, Trusts and Estates Our last article considered the basics of cryptocurrency and the jargon that surrounds...
09/02/22
Suzi Denton
Surrogacy first as serving MP welcomes baby via surrogate
By Samantha Downes, Family Law solicitor at Irwin Mitchell MP Liz Kendall has this weekend shared her news that she has welcomed a baby...
26/01/22
Irwin Mitchell
Probate Court Fee Increase
Written by Thomas Pape, Associate Paralegal, Tax, Trust and Estates For many years the Court Service have been considering an increase to...
26/01/22
Irwin Mitchell
Netflix’s Marriage Story : Divorce isn’t a war without choice
By Grace Mullis and Caoimhe Sykes, Family solicitor’s at Irwin Mitchell Marriage Story (2019 film) portrays divorce as a war without...
21/01/22
David Shirt
Revisiting conveyancing fraud
By Hayley Bruce and Katherine Thorpe A recent news article highlighted the horrific effects of fraud in residential property and...
20/01/22
Nicola Hawkins
Fraudulent Lasting Powers of Attorney
The BBC You and Yours programme has recently reported on a case where fraudsters targeted a victim as her house had been reported as...
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Irwin Mitchell
Famous Gary Osborne in 'War of the Worlds' dispute with sister over transfer of deceased’s mother’s £3m property
Gary Osborne and Jan Jones argue over their deceased’s mother’s £3m property. Gary is famously known for his song writing with legends...
15/12/21
Irwin Mitchell
Home for Christmas? Succession planning and the typical family protection trust
By Elizabeth Gibbison, Tax, Trusts and Estates associate at Irwin Mitchell We have a number of clients who seek our review of existing...
15/12/21
Hannah Braisted
New ONS stats show civil partnerships growing in popularity for opposite-sex couples
The Office of National Statistics (ONS) released their annual statistics for 2020 on civil partnerships in England and Wales earlier this...
15/12/21
Nicola Hawkins
Aw, you shouldn't have! The issue of unwanted inherited personal items
By Laura Colville, Tax, Trusts and Estates senior associate at Irwin Mitchell It’s a joy to receive a gift but we’ve all had an...
14/12/21
Nicola Hawkins
HMRC's guidance of lifetime gifts
By Emily Wentworth, Tax, Trusts and Estates solicitor at Irwin Mitchell HMRC’s new guidance on lifetime gifts helpfully sets out the...
07/12/21
Nicola Hawkins
The inheritance tax-free art of holiday gifting
By Emily Wentworth, Tax, Trusts and Estates solicitor at Irwin Mitchell As the festive season rolls around and the Christmas songs hit...
30/11/21
Irwin Mitchell
Family Business Week: Keeping it in the family - divorce and the family business
By Connie Smith, Family Law solicitor at Irwin Mitchell Family businesses are different; they have a long-term outlook driven by ensuring...
24/11/21