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Early inheritance

More and more people are choosing to make lifetime gifts to their families and loved ones, but have the gifts been fully thought through?

Changes to confiscation law: part two

David Winch discusses amendments to confiscation law made by recent legislation, including changes to restraint orders and the new power to make compliance orders

Contending probate

You might think that contesting the validity of a 'homemade' will which overrides a previous will and leaves the entire estate to a new and...

Will its constitution cause Greece to call off the referendum?

Dimitrios Giannoulopoulos on whether the decision to pull out of the Euro is legal

Same rules apply

The test for mental capacity for making a lifetime transaction can be just as high as that required for when drafting a will, warns Margaret...

State of play: case summaries

Jennifer Ridgway and Karen Bayley review case law concerning the revocation of a power of attorney, constructive trusts and the management of a compensation award...

Judicial ignorance

It is fair to say the US Supreme Court's (SCOTUS) recent groundbreaking decision to afford same-sex couples the right to marry has not been universally...

Solicitors need support during 'ongoing turbulence in legal services'

Christl Hughes takes over as chair of SBA The Solicitors' Charity