Duties of Trustees
Monday, 12 December 2011 16:40
David Farr
 Are your Trustees equipped to deal with the duties and responsibilities placed on them?
Trusts can offer great flexibility. They allow property to be ring-fenced; placing it in the hands of trustees who have wide powers to deal with it for the benefit of the named beneficiaries. They can be used to mitigate tax and to protect assets from third parties who might have claims over it. In most cases such trusts function perfectly, with the trustees fulfilling their obligations to the satisfaction of the beneficiaries in whose benefit they act.
Last Updated ( Monday, 12 December 2011 16:46 )
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Will writing firm dumps wills in the street
Monday, 08 August 2011 00:00
David Farr
 More than 1,000 files containing wills and other confidential information were recently found dumped on the pavement outside a will-writing company in Doncaster, the Society of Will Writers (SWW) revealed this week.
Last Updated ( Monday, 08 August 2011 18:32 )
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Successful Appeal by adult daughter excluded from late mother's will
Friday, 06 May 2011 09:30
Keith Davill
 The Court of Appeal has upheld the appeal of Mrs Ilott (aged 50 and an only child) against a decision of the High Court that her estranged mother's will could reasonably make no financial provision for Mrs Ilott, instead leaving the entire £486,000 estate to three separate charities. The Court of Appeal directed that Mrs Ilott's appeal against the first instance decision of DJ Million (as he then was) to award her a lump sum of £50,000 from her late mother's estate be remitted to the High Court.
Last Updated ( Friday, 06 May 2011 09:44 )
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Steig Larsson and the Consequences of Dying Without A Will
Tuesday, 05 April 2011 00:00
David Farr
This is not (unfortunately) the title to his unpublished fourth novel. Stieg Larsson, the Swedish author famous for his series of novels including ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’, simply did not make a Will before he died.
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 05 April 2011 09:25 )
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'Cowboy' Will Writers Update
Thursday, 26 August 2010 00:00
David Farr
Consumers are being warned about an influx of unregulated will writers attempting to invade the country’s legal service market.
The ‘cowboy writers’ are causing a series of problems throughout the sectors, with the Law Society warning the public to be careful of invalid wills and writers falsely installing themselves as executors on estates.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 26 August 2010 14:30 )
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