Inheritance Tax (IHT) can pose a significant burden on your loved ones, potentially reducing the value of your estate and leaving them with less than you intended. With the IHT threshold frozen at £325,000 until at least 2027, it’s crucial to explore strategies for...
Understanding the True Value of Offers When selling a property, it’s tempting to automatically accept the highest offer. However, the highest bid doesn’t always guarantee the best deal. Your solicitor’s expertise is crucial in evaluating each offer’s merits and...
Some people regularly donate to charity, others make ad hoc contributions from time to time. Then there are others who decide to make a donation to charity through a Will. It will not have escaped your attention that all the major charities, in one way or another,...
There was a time when a Power of Attorney was granted for the convenience of the granter. If the granter lived or worked abroad or travelled extensively, they would find it convenient to grant a Power of Attorney in favour of someone they trusted to deal with their...
As with many questions lawyers face, the answer is never straightforward. Whilst this question seems to demand a “yes” or “no” answer, the actual answer is “it depends”! Selling a house involved a contract between the seller and the buyer. In Scotland, that contract...
Drawing up a handwritten Will might sound the most straightforward way of putting your affairs in order. But is it really? Perhaps, the issues of using handwritten Wills are best explained in a recently decided case in America involving the estate of the late Aretha...
Thirteen Unions banded together to raised proceedings in the High Court in England against the Secretary of State for Business and Trade. The purpose of the proceedings was to determine the status of business who employed agency workers as cover for striking workers....
Granting a Power of Attorney is an important step to ensure future decisions taken are the kind of decision you would make should you no longer be able to make them yourself. What is a Power of Attorney? A Power of Attorney is a document appointing someone to act as...
Selling your home isn’t just about shaking hands on an offer. It’s a dance, a negotiation process that can feel a bit like passing notes in high school. In Scotland, we call these notes ‘missives.’ As these letters go back and forth between your lawyer and the buyer’s...
Life’s unpredictability is its only constant. Despite our best efforts at planning, things don’t always pan out the way we envision. Sometimes, even without any plan, things miraculously fall into place, and at other times, they seem to fall apart like a house of...
