Solicitors allowed to work for unauthorised businesses, that is, businesses not authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, (SRA), from the end of next month.
Solicitors considering taking advantage of more liberal practising rules have been urged to beware of the potential pitfalls.
The case of Bilsbrough -v- Berry Marketing Services [2018] involved an employee who researched how to blow the whistle. The Tribunal confirmed that because the employee was researching how to report to a regulator he can rely on the same legal protections as actual whistleblower’s.
In the case of Thompson v Ragget & others [2018] an unmarried couple lived together for over 42 years prior to the testator’s death in 2017. This case is similar but less acrimonious than Martin v Williams [2017] , also regarding an unmarried couple, with the addition of an estranged spouse. Both cases involve claims for reasonable financial provision and present and
Having an out of date Will can mean no reasonable financial provision and lead to unexpected and acrimonious litigation that can be very expensive. The recent case of Martin v Williams [2017] EWHC 491 (Ch) illustrates this as follows:-
The HMRC recently released data revealing that in 2018-19, it was a record year for inheritance 
tax receipts with a total of nearly £5.4 billion. This is an increase of £2 billion in 2017 -18. One of the factors driving this increase is the rise in the asset values, and in particular residential property. The inheritance tax nil rate band (NRB) has
