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Understanding of mental health issues is high on the agenda, thanks to the involvement of the younger members of the Royal family in the Heads Together awareness campaign which has...
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A Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) is a document signed by one person authorising another person to make decisions on their behalf and will remain effective even if the person...
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What is a Will? A document that appoints people (executors) to look after your affairs after you die, and instructs them how to do so. What if you die without...
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Zero hours premium Businesses employing workers on zero-hours contracts could be forced to pay a premium rate for short-notice work. Matthew Taylor, a Chief Executive of RSA, was appointed by...
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With any Will, the important starting point is whether someone has ‘testamentary capacity’ – this broadly requires a person to understand what making or changing a Will means; how much...
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PACS & Usufruit Question I own a house in France where my partner and I have lived for 16 years. We are both aged 76. I have two sons in...
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French Nationality & UK Wills Question I was delighted last week to receive notification that my wife and I are now both dual nationals, not just British but newly French....
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Inheritance Tax And Rates Question We have been reviewing our French succession arrangements to ensure that they are still effective as originally intended. We are a married couple, both British...
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Life Interests And Gifts To Grandchildren Question We have lived in France permanently for almost 13 years. We have a French usufruit Will made out about 5/6 years ago but...
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Question: We are currently looking to buy a property in France with a view to retiring there in two years’ time. Friends of ours who bought in France 5 years...
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An asbestos-related disease specialist at Ashtons Legal has obtained an interim payment of £50,000 for Mr T from Norwich just eight weeks after starting to work with him on his...
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Off-Plan Purchase Question I have just spent a week skiing in the French Alps. Whilst there I enquired about the purchase of an off-plan apartment. I am now being bombarded...
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