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Keeping the peace at Christmas – top tips for shared parenting over the festive season
Lauren Evans
31 January 2024
Financial abuse: A growing global problem
The issue of financial abuse is growing, particularly in respect of older people. Financial abuse involves the unauthorised and improper use of the assets of a vulnerable person, and can include theft, coercion, fraud or the misuse of powers by third parties in a position of trust.
25 January 2024
Impact of artificial intelligence on tax disputes
In the modern world, society is always looking for improvements and automation to, supposedly, reduce costs and increase speed (indeed the author is indebted to the artificial intelligence (AI) system used to suggest the title for this article). This applies no less to the world of tax (as well as other forms of) litigation, where adviser and legal fees can be difficult to stomach and the prospect of a brainy robot efficiently cutting to the chase may hold some appeal. A recent tax case, however, will have heartened AI-doom mongers who argue a reliance on AI is not always the smartest solution.
16 January 2024
Trust and Estate Disputes Quarterly Round-Up: October - December 2023
This contentious trust and probate litigation quarterly round-up provides a summary of a cross-section of reported decisions handed down in the courts of England and Wales in the period October 2023 - December 2023.
10 January 2024
Civil Fraud Quarterly Round-Up: Q4 2023
This quarterly civil fraud update provides a summary of reported decisions handed down in the courts of England and Wales in the period of October - December 2023.
19 December 2023
What happens if a will has been made but can no longer be found? Exploring the presumption of revocation
One enquiry that we frequently receive is that, although the enquirer is certain that the deceased wrote a will, it cannot be located (or a will has been produced that they do not believe to be the most recent version).
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