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Keeping the peace at Christmas – top tips for shared parenting over the festive season
Lauren Evans
26 June 2025
The future of will disputes part 4: Challenging validity based on capacity
For a will to be valid, the testator must have had testamentary capacity at the time it was made. Testamentary capacity refers to the mental ability of the testator to make a valid will.
24 June 2025
Counting the cost of the UK tax system
Waqar Shah, a Partner at Kingsley Napley, takes a closer look at the recent report by the Committee of Public Accounts on the cost of the tax system.
19 June 2025
The future of will disputes part three: challenging validity based on forgery and fraud
When a loved one dies, the terms of their will can sometimes surprise surviving family members, with unexpected beneficiaries or unequal distribution of the estate. In England and Wales, individuals have the freedom to leave their estate to anyone, with no legal obligation to provide for specific family members. Even if the will seems unfair, the law generally upholds the testator's wishes, if the will has been validly made. However, certain family members and dependants may be able to bring a claim against the estate (under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975), if adequate provision has not been made for them under a will.
12 June 2025
Basis Period Adjustments
The 2023/24 tax year marks a major shift in the way unincorporated businesses are taxed. It is a transition year, with HMRC moving from the traditional “current year basis” to a “tax year basis” from 6 April 2024. While this change is intended to simplify the system in the long run, it introduces some short-term complexities (and often tax expense) during the transition year which partners and other sole traders ought to be alive to.
11 June 2025
The future of will disputes part 2: Challenging validity based on issues with execution
In order for a will to be validly executed it must comply with the requirements set out at Section 9 of the Wills Act 1837.
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