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Rayner my parade! The importance of specialist advice.
Jemma Brimblecombe
29 January 2021
What are Powers of Attorneys?
A Power of Attorney is a very important estate planning tool, especially when an individual loses capacity. Whilst the term ‘Power of Attorney’ seems to be thrown around a lot, it is often misunderstood or not used correctly. In fact there are several different kinds of powers of attorney that can be used for different purposes.
19 January 2021
Estate Planning 2021 – Looking beyond COVID-19
As we find ourselves in another national lockdown, the New Year presents an opportunity for individuals to review their assets and conduct some succession planning.
8 January 2021
Discretionary investment management and Lasting Powers of Attorney
Phoebe Alexander and JIm Sawer blog about lasting powers of attorney and engaging Discretionary Investment.
14 August 2020
“Hello, can you hear me?” – video-witnessing of wills to be made legal in England and Wales
Big news was announced by the Government at the end of last month: legislation will be introduced to allow remote electronic witnessing of wills – including for some that have already been made – in a significant amendment to the long-standing requirements. However, it will only be temporary.
16 June 2020
Company Succession Planning: Death of a sole director – now what?
Company succession planning is critical to ensure that a company can continue to run in the unfortunate event that a director (or shareholder) dies. If there are other surviving directors, they are able to step in and run the company, but what happens when a sole company director dies?