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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
15 February 2024
No children – I don’t need to think about succession and wealth planning, do I?
A growing number of couples live a DINK (“dual income, no kids”) lifestyle instead of the historically ‘traditional’ family structure that includes having children. There has also been a rise in the “single income, no kids” (SINK) lifestyle.
7 February 2024
Times's up on the remote execution of Wills – but for how long?
We wrote in August 2020 that the Government announced that legislation would be introduced to allow remote electronic witnessing of wills but this was only to be temporary.
7 December 2023
Probate: Missing or unknown beneficiaries – what should executors do?
An executor’s legal duty is to distribute the estate according to the terms of the will. This sounds straightforward, but what happens if one of the beneficiaries is unknown or missing?
12 July 2023
Plan early when exiting a business
Two out of five business owners in the UK are planning to sell, wind up, or crystallize assets within the next year. According to a recent poll conducted by Censuswide, 40% of the 504 surveyed business owners with revenue exceeding £5 million expressed their intention to exit within the next year. Additionally, 23% of UK business owners have expedited their plans to sell or wind down their businesses in the past 12 months.
12 June 2023
UAE Wills for expats
The Dubai International Finance Centre Wills Service Centre was established in 2015 to enable non-Muslims to register an English-form Will to deal with assets located in Dubai on their death and avoid the application of Sharia law.
