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Making a Will is crucial to ensure that you are able to decide who your assets will go to once you die. It is also recommended to have a Power of Attorney, and both of these can be drafted at the same time. A Power of Attorney appoints a person or pe...

It is the staple of many a Hollywood film: The family gathered expectantly around the fire after a funeral to hear some dusty old lawyer read from an equally dusty last will and testament , only to be shocked to learn that the Late Earl has left ever

Introduction In a bid to modernise the law on Trusts, Succession and Executors, MSPs unanimously voted to the pass the Trust and Succession (Scotland) Bill on 20th December which prevents killers from acting as an executor in their victim’s estate.  

In a recent Canadian case (Pascuzzi v Pascuzzi), a father excluded his daughter from a previous marriage in his Will and left his entire estate to his new wife. After his child raised a court action, the Court intervened to vary his Will and awarded

Organ Donation Week ran from 19th to 26th September this year with the objective of raising awareness surrounding organ donation and transplantation, but what does the law in Scotland say on this topic? The Legal Position The Human Tissue (Authorisat

The Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information of the Payer) Regulations 2017 introduced a requirement that trustees of trusts which have a tax liability (such as Inheritance Tax, Capital Gains Tax, Land and Buildings Tr