The Gazette

Publication Date

24 September 2020

New research from Direct Line Life Insurance reveals digital banking is making it harder than ever to find and recover assets when dealing a deceased’s estate.

Publication Date

16 September 2020

What types of property qualify for Business Property Relief and what rates of relief apply? Eamonn Daly of Wright Hassall explains how Business Property Relief can reduce your inheritance tax.

Publication Date

15 September 2020

French notaire, Guillaume Cartier, and Edward Stone of Womble Bond Dickinson explain French forced heirship rules and inheritance tax laws, as well as how to make a will and apply for probate in France.

Publication Date

8 September 2020

What is an unclaimed estate? And what do you need to make a claim for one? Linda Cummins of GWlegal explains who can claim for a Bona Vacantia estate and how to do it.

Publication Date

24 August 2020

Agricultural Property Relief (APR) can be a valuable inheritance tax relief. Marc Dorsett of Gepp Solicitors explains what APR is and how you can use it to minimise the amount of inheritance tax payable on death or on lifetime gifts.

Publication Date

18 August 2020

With around 380,000 British citizens currently living in Spain, Zeen Al Atroshi of Duncan Lewis Solicitors looks at Spanish succession laws and how to obtain probate in Spain.

Publication Date

11 August 2020

What is the right of survivorship and how does it affect property during probate? Laura Abbott of Wright Hassall explains what you need to know about the right of survivorship.

Publication Date

7 August 2020

Taking place virtually on 22 October 2020, the shortlist for the third annual British Wills and Probate Awards has been announced by Today’s Wills and Probate.

Publication Date

29 July 2020

Circumstances sometimes require changing who benefits from a person’s will after their death. Vicki Gulliver of Lodders Solicitors explains how a deed of variation could and should be used.

Publication Date

27 July 2020

The Ministry of Justice has announced that the video witnessing of wills is to be made legal in England and Wales during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and will be backdated to 31 January 2020.