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Keeping the peace at Christmas – top tips for shared parenting over the festive season
Lauren Evans
22 July 2015
New standards announced for professional and local authority deputies
On 6 July 2015 the Office of the Public Guardian (“OPG”) issued standards of conduct for professional and local authority deputies. The intention to introduce these standards was announced in a report issued by the OPG to Parliament in December 2014 with the aim of setting out what good practice should look like in order to promote good behaviour. This is part of a wider initiative to improve the supervision of court appointed deputies.
16 July 2015
When are you on your deathbed?
What exactly is a ‘deathbed’? That was the question for the Court of Appeal when it was asked to rule on whether or not an elderly lady had made a gift of her house to her nephew.
The case of King v Dubrey and others concerned the rather obscure legal doctrine of donatia mortis causa – which means ‘gift in contemplation of death. In other words, a ‘deathbed gift’.
9 July 2015
Budget 2015 at a glance – key changes for non-UK domiciled and private individuals
Chancellor George Osborne delivered his post-election Budget statement to Parliament on 8 July 2015. Some of the main changes for individuals are outlined below. Clients who may be affected by any of these changes should take tax advice as soon as possible.
22 April 2015
Part 1: Talking to your children about your Lasting Power of Attorney
Your children have flown the nest. They have jobs and children of their own. You are starting to enjoy a relationship as equals rather than parent and child and life is good. So why rock the boat by talking about what will happen if dementia sets in and everything changes?
22 April 2015
Part 2: Talking to your parents about their Lasting Power of Attorney
There is nothing more awkward than talking to one’s parents about sex. Except maybe talking to one’s parents about their own impending death and mental decline.