4/3/2020 12:00:00 AM Social Distancing and Signing Wills By Jessica Rush Simon Malkiel The law governing the creation of wills must always strike a balance between two competing concerns. On the one hand, it must give scope...
1/20/2020 10:36:37 AM Statutory Legacy increase By HKOne Under the current intestacy rules, if you die with no children your spouse or civil partner will inherit your entire estate. If you die...
7/17/2019 5:06:25 PM Simplifying Inheritance Tax By HKOne Last week the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) published its second report on simplifying the Inheritance Tax regime. There has been a...
5/13/2019 12:00:00 AM London widow wins access to her late husband's Apple account By HKOne Rachel Thompson's three year long battle with Apple to gain access to her late husband's account highlights the difficulty of navigating...
2/6/2019 12:00:00 AM Death of CEO of Canada's largest crypto exchange leaves £147m headache for customers By HKOne The recent death of Gerald Cotten, founder of QuadrigaCX, Canada's largest cryptocurrency exchange, highlights the importance of...
1/30/2019 12:00:00 AM Executors rush to avoid increased probate fees By HKOne On 23 January 2019, NFU Mutual released an analysis of HM Revenue and Customs tax receipts indicating that IHT receipts had reached...
11/1/2018 12:00:00 AM Is IHT simplification on the horizon? By HKOne So the Budget did not bring any significant changes to Inheritance Tax (IHT) but are changes in the pipeline when the Office of Tax...
10/1/2018 12:00:00 AM A clampdown on Business Relief? By HKOne Business Relief (formerly known Business Property Relief) was introduced in 1976. The main aim of Business Relief, in policy terms, was...