New Inheritance Tax rules which take effect next April will mean that wealthy people will be able to make larger gifts to charity in their wills without decreasing what their heirs inherit.
However, the UK’s leading accountants are divided about how effective the incentives will be, compared to existing tax breaks that encourage charitable giving by [...]
Families may be left struggling financially following the death of a loved one, a recent study has indicated.
According to research carried out by insurers, Sun Life Direct, the cost of dying has soared to record high of over £7,000. The main cause of this is the increase in funeral costs which have risen by 61% [...]
Leading Chester Law Firm, Hillyer McKeown, have appointed local solicitor Ruth Heap to further strengthen their Wills, Trusts and Estates team.
Following a successful career since 2003 working for Steggles solicitors in their Chester, Wrexham and Ruabon offices, Ruth is delighted to have joined the Hillyer McKeown team. Ruth hails from Wrexham and was educated at [...]
Eighty percent of British residents would prefer their own quality of life to suffer as the result of caring for an elderly relative than to put their loved ones into care.
A recent survey has revealed that three quarters of people in the UK worry about the quality of care provided for elderly relatives by care [...]
Leading Chester law firm, Hillyer McKeown, is supporting Solicitors
for the Elderly in their urgent call for the regulation of unregulated
Will writers.
Solicitors for the Elderly fears thousands of people are putting
themselves at risk of being cheated by unscrupulous salesmen who offer
to write their wills but who are not adequately qualified, trained or
insured.
Last month the UK’s Legal [...]