Private Client Issues – January 2024
Welcome to this month’s edition of Private Client Issues, Blake Morgan’s monthly round-up of the topics you may find of interest. It features insight and advice on developments affecting private individuals.
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What to do with an intestate estate and Deeds of Variation?
To help with understanding intestacy, we look at what you can to do to vary an inheritance received under the intestacy rules.
Read more about Deeds of variation
Does my Final Order in the divorce mean I am protected financially?
When getting divorced there are two strands of the legal process that must be considered. The first is to dissolve the marriage and second resolve the division of the matrimonial finances.
Why should you use a solicitor to write your Will?
A recent report from the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners highlighted research concerning the preparation of Wills by unqualified or incompetent advisors in the UK.
Is it possible to be divorced without knowing?
Yes! We revisit a case that highlighted again that fraudulent divorce is possible, but confirmed that any decrees obtained in this way are capable of being set aside.
Read more about fraudulent divorce
A ’cause of action’ can be transferred from a person after death
We look back at a High Court decision where it was ruled that a right to pursue a court case (a ’cause of action’) can transfer from a person after their death to the executor of their estate.
Read more about a cause of action
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