Category: Uncategorised
- Written by: Jason
- Category: Uncategorised
- Published: 5th August 2015
A General Power of Attorney is a legal document that allows an individual known as the ‘Donor’ to authorise someone else known as the ‘Attorney’ to act on the Donors behalf with regard to their property and affairs.
A General Power of Attorney automatically ends if the Donor dies or loses the mental capacity to make a decision for themselves.
If a Donor loses mental capacity whilst not having also registered a Lasting Power of Attorney an application to the court of protection would need to be made with regards to the management of the individuals property and affairs.
- Written by: Jason
- Category: Uncategorised
- Published: 10th February 2015
On the 1st of October 2014 the Inheritance and Trustees Powers Act 2014 came into force which included making some changes to the Intestacy Rules of England & Wales,
If you die without making a Will, then your estate will be distributed subject to these Rules of Intestacy.
The Rules of Intestacy do not necessarily distribute assets in the most tax-efficient manner and do not always distribute assets in a way that a deceased person would have wanted.
- Written by: Jason
- Category: Uncategorised
- Published: 6th January 2015
When is Inheritance Tax Charged?
For a single person, the current Inheritance Tax IHT nil rate band threshold is £325,000.
If on death a persons Estate is valued at more than this threshold then Inheritance Tax is payable and is currently charged at a rate of 40% on anything over the threshold.
As a result of changes in October 2007, married couples and registered civil partners can increase the threshold on their Estate when the second partner dies too as much as £650,000 by transferring any unused IHT threshold from their spouse or partner.
- Written by: Jason
- Category: Uncategorised, Will Writing
- Published: 6th October 2014
On the 1st of October 2014 the Inheritance and Trustees Powers Act 2014 came into force.
In England & Wales If you die without making a Will, then your estate will be distributed subject to the Rules of Intestacy.
If you want to ensure your estate is distributed to the people you want to inherit, then you need to Make a Will.
We are currently creating a 2014 Intestacy Rules Flowchart and will update this post with a link to it, so bookmark this page and check back soon.
- Written by: Jason
- Category: Uncategorised
- Published: 30th May 2014
Recently the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that certain users can ask search engines to remove results.
The results that can be removed are for queries that include the user’s name where the results returned are “inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant, or excessive in relation to the purposes for which they were processed.”
The ruling from the Court of Justice is commonly being referred to as a “right to be forgotten” request.
- Written by: Jason
- Category: Uncategorised
- Published: 14th May 2014
*Update 13/02/2015
On the 1st of October 2014 the laws of Intestacy were updated, please read Intestacy Rules 2015 Flowchart for the up to date Intestacy laws.
In England & Wales, If you die without making a Will, the State makes one for you.
The state does this by following a set of Statutory Legacies known as the Rules of Intestacy.
The current levels for Statutory Legacies came into effect in February 2009.
- Written by: Jason
- Category: Uncategorised
- Published: 30th April 2014
A little under two years ago we set out to create a blog that would provide useful information for all our Estate Planning clients and visitors to our website. Little did we know how successful our blog would become.
Last year after great feedback from our clients and partners we thought it would be a good idea to test the water and enter the Mind At Rest Wills Blog into the National UK Blog Awards 2014.
- Written by: Jason
- Category: Uncategorised
- Published: 21st March 2014
*Update 29/01/2016 – EPN are currently not accepting new members
In 2013 the Secretary of State for Justice, Chris Grayling, decided against regulating Will Writing activities. Stating that he believes voluntary codes and consumer education could resolve the issues referred to in the Legal service Boards report.
After his announcement Mind At Rest Wills felt it important to follow this guidance and embrace self-regulation in order to stand out from those that don’t. And ensure we provide a high-quality professional Will Writing service to our clients.
- Written by: Jason
- Category: Uncategorised, Will Writing
- Published: 3rd December 2013
If you have made a Will and have children under the age of 18. You would have nominated Guardians for your children and these are the people you are entrusting the care and legal guardianship of your children in the event of your death.
If you die without making a Will you die intestate and English law applies to both the estate and any children under the age of 18 that you leave behind? Normally the law allows for the custody of any children under 18 to pass to any surviving parent.