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Tackling Illicit Finance: SFO uses Listed Asset Order for first time
Ed Smyth
24 September 2020
Think twice: might the estate be insolvent?
This blog focuses on two practical considerations that should be borne in mind when dealing with an estate where there are any suspicions that the value of the assets when realised may be insufficient to meet all debts and liabilities in full.
3 September 2020
Glover v Barker – Cost Orders against Litigation Friends
It is not uncommon in claims involving trusts and estates for one or more of the parties to be a child or other protected party. This is particularly true of claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 and in cases involving trusts with minor beneficiaries. The procedures for litigation by or on behalf of a protected party are covered by Part 21 of the Civil Procedure Rules.
28 August 2020
How to challenge a will
This article was first published by EPrivateClient on the 18th August 2020
14 July 2020
Contentious Trust and Probate Quarterly Round-Up: Q2 2020
This quarterly contentious trust and probate litigation update provides a summary of a cross-section of reported decisions handed down in the courts of England and Wales in the period April 2020 - June 2020.
2 July 2020
Solicitors’ Delay in preparing a Will – When is it Negligent?
Delay is a common complaint in professional negligence claims against solicitors in the context of wills and probate. For example, If a client is in poor health or advanced old age and wants to create or update their will, they might instruct a solicitor to assist with this. If the client dies before the new will can be prepared and/or executed, the beneficiaries who would have inherited, had the will been put in place before the client’s death, may look to bring a professional negligence claim against the solicitor if there has been undue delay by the solicitor in preparing the will.