Camilla Bishop

Partner, Keystone Law

Camilla is an experienced lawyer who specialises in all aspects of estate planning with a particular focus on Inheritance Tax. As an expert in will drafting and the use of trusts along with trust administration, she provides practical tax-efficient solutions and deals with everything from everyday family needs to the very complex.

Camilla is experienced in estate administration and probate, advising on reliefs and exemptions (including Business Relief and Agricultural Relief) and post-death planning using deeds of variation.

Camilla’s expertise also extends to assisting elderly and vulnerable clients with lasting powers of attorney, deputyship applications and other Court of Protection matters.

Camilla is a full member of the Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners (STEP) and is on the committee of STEP Sussex. She regularly writes topical articles and gives webinars/seminars on estate planning to a wide audience of financial advisers and accountants and is well recognised for complementing the services they offer with a joined-up approach for mutual clients.

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A beneficiary of an estate is buying out the other beneficiaries’ entitlement so that they can keep an

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This Q&A considers when a beneficiary's entitlement to an asset of the estate should be valued, whether at the date of death or at a later date of transfer/assent.

Private Client

A dies and leaves their estate to his children. A is the sole beneficiary of B's estate which is yet to

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This Q&A considers whether the executors of a deceased beneficiary of an estate can enter into a deed of variation on their behalf. It also considers the circumstances in which the court may be required to provide consent to a variation on behalf of minor beneficiaries.

Private Client

A settlor dies within seven years of a chargeable lifetime transfer (relating to a lifetime creation of a

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This Q&A considers the inheritance tax (IHT) implications of a settlor of a discretionary trust created during their lifetime specifying in their Will that any additional IHT payable as a result of their death within seven years is to be paid out of their estate rather than the trust.

Private Client

A trust of land holds land for a number of life tenants, with separate remainder trusts for each life

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This Q&A considers the disposal of capital gains tax where the last surviving life tenant under a trust of land dies.

Private Client

A trust was set up as an accumulation and maintenance trust but now consists of three parts: an age 18-25

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This Q&A considers the calculation of an exit charge on property held within a settlement and which is subject to an 18-25 trust. The settlement also contains property that is subject to a qualifying interest in possession, and relevant property.

Private Client

Do the registered legal owners A and B need to register a trust for the co-ownership of a property via

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This Q&A considers whether the registered legal owners A and B need to register a trust for the co-ownership of a property via the Trust Registration Service in various scenarios.

Private Client

What are the stamp duty land tax implications of an individual entering into a deed of variation so that

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This Q&A considers the following issues: Whether it is possible to vary a Will to leave a gift to a limited company; whether stamp duty land tax (SDLT) first time buyer relief is available to an individual who inherits a property and subsequently enters into a deed of variation whereby the property instead passes to a company of which they own the shares; and the other tax consequences to consider in relation to SDLT and connected persons rules where such a variation is made.

Private Client

Where A dies intestate leaving a surviving spouse B, an adult child C and minor child D, and B and C take

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This Q&A concerns a situation in which a person (A) dies intestate leaving a surviving spouse (B), an adult child (C) and minor child (D). B and C take the Grant of Letters of Administration, but what happens if B dies (more than 28 days after A’s death) before concluding the administration of the estate? Assume that the estate is larger than the statutory legacy. Who is entitled to take a new Grant alongside C to conclude the administration of A’s estate?

Private Client

Where a proposed deputy for a person lacking capacity is also the second co-owner of land a second

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This Q&A explains the procedure for making an application to the Court of Protection to appoint a new trustee under TA 1925, s 36(9) where an application for the appointment of a deputy is also to be made at the same time.

Private Client