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Biggest EU Digital Shake-Up Since GDPR? What Businesses Need To Know
Christopher Perrin
14 December 2017
Choosing executors for your will – pro or no?
When we mention preparing a will, many individuals assume the only significant point to consider is the distribution of their estate. Who should benefit? How much should they receive? Of course this is vital, but the appointment of your executors should also be a key consideration.
23 November 2017
Digital Wills in Dubai
In October 2017, the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) introduced a Virtual Wills Registry to give non-Muslims the opportunity to remotely create and register a Will to govern the succession of their Dubai assets.
20 October 2017
Homemade wills and deathbed gifts – are they easier to challenge?
Homemade wills are, generally, easier to challenge. There are a number of things which a court will be looking for when it considers whether a testator was capable of making a will. Firstly, the person must have the requisite mental capacity to make a will. They must also know and approve the contents of that will.
29 August 2017
Wills by WhatsApp?
The Wills Act 1837 (the “Wills Act”) is probably one of the oldest pieces of legislation we tend to come across on a day to day basis. It works well because it is (a) clear, and (b) simple.
25 August 2017
Posthumous marriages and the importance of making a will
The recent posthumous marriage between Xavier Jugelé and Etienne Cardiles has caught the attention of many. Jugelé was killed in a terror attack in April earlier this year. He was shot whilst on duty as a police officer on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. He had been among the first responders to the attack on the Bataclan theatre in Paris in November 2015. A month after his death Jugelé’s partner, Etienne Cardiles, married him posthumously.
