(A) understands basic English, and with the help of an interpreter, gave (B) instructions for a Will. (A) has said that she will struggle to read a Will in English. (B)...
A deceased individual’s attorneys sold some chattels during the deceased’s lifetime (on the deceased’s behalf) and later realised that the items sold had been bequeathed...
A is a beneficiary of Z’s estate and receives 40% of a property under Z’s will. A and B (spouse) purchase the remainder at 60% of the agreed probate value of the...
A law firm holds a Will for a deceased person. The firm did not prepare the Will. What action should the firm take where it has been approached by an individual about a...
A married couple (A and B) wish to leave their estates to each other on the first death and then to their children (C and D) on the survivor’s death, but A and B both own...
A testator (T) is the sole legal and beneficial owner of a residential property. T resides at the property with A. If T were to grant an option in his Will to A to...
A testator makes an English law Will whilst resident and domiciled in the UK. If the testator later acquires a new domicile of choice and forms a same-sex marriage which...
A testatrix wishes to leave her house on life interest trust for her partner and also wishes to grant a right of occupation in the same property to their daughter. Is it...
A Will contains an executor appointment clause appointing the partners in a firm as at the date of death or a firm which has succeeded to and carries on their practice,...
A Will leaves residuary estate to 18 different charities. Two of them (X and Y) have now merged to form Z, a new charity carrying on the charitable purposes of X and Y....
An elderly widower wants to leave their estate to their grandchildren and their sister, but nothing to their adult children who are financially secure. Could the adult...
The following Wills & Probate precedent provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Appointment of executor(s) limited to business property as defined...
The following Wills & Probate precedent provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Appointment of executors and separate literary executors...
The following Wills & Probate precedent provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Appointment of named partners in a firm of solicitors as executors...
The following Wills & Probate precedent provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Appointment of separate executors for UK property and foreign property...
Are there any discussions or consultations around suspending the formal requirements for a valid Will (in particular, the requirement to have two witnesses) during the...
The following Share Incentives Q&A provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Are there any disguised remuneration consequences of leaving shares to an...
The following Wills & Probate precedent provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Burial or cremation wishes
The following Wills & Probate Q&A provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Can a beneficiary named in a first codicil witness a second codicil or will...
The following Private Client Q&A provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Can a biological grandparent leave a gift to their grandchild despite the...
Can a donor state in their Will that any inheritance tax payable on failed potentially exempt transfers exceeding the nil rate band should be paid from their residuary...
The following Wills & Probate Q&A provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Can a GP doctor accept gifts under the Will of a patient?...
The following Wills & Probate Q&A provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Can a right to occupy be created (by Will) for a caravan on a plot of land...
The following Wills & Probate Q&A provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Can a solicitor who drafted the Will and is also named as an executor witness...
The following Wills & Probate Q&A provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Can a testator leave a right of occupation for only one half of a property?...
The following Wills & Probate Q&A provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Can a testator leave their share of residence on a life interest trust for...
