By Rowena Woodhead in Private Client on Tuesday 17 November 2009 @ 12:44
I was flicking through the local newspaper’s property pages last week and noticed that Lanyon Bowdler’s old Shrewsbury town centre office had been turned into flats (isn’t everything eventually?!). This led me to reminisce about my first day at that office – and first day with the firm –... read more
By Edward Rees in Private Client on Tuesday 3 November 2009 @ 16:24
The current rules surrounding dying without a will (or “intestate”) are complicated to say the least. In fact it is a subject that’s attracting attendees to seminars we’re holding at our Ludlow office, where we’re endeavouring to make this difficult subject relatively easy to understand. So... read more
By Edward Rees in Edward Rees on Wednesday 14 October 2009 @ 12:16
It is really interesting to hear that the number of estates whose value takes them over the £325,000 inheritance tax threshold, the level below which no tax is payable, is expected to drop during this tax year by 25 per cent. The Revenue estimates the total take from the tax will drop from... read more
By Christine Mould in Lanyon Bowdler News on Friday 9 October 2009 @ 11:22
The family and private client team held a joint seminar at our Ludlow office on Wednesday 7 October. These presentations were somewhat different from the norm with the private client team using a game of snakes and ladders to portray the complexities of not having a will and the family team... read more
By Edward Rees in Private Client on Friday 25 September 2009 @ 14:24
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have recently hosted some conferences for professional practitioners about Inheritance Tax (IHT). It seems that one of practitioners’ main concerns has been the charge to IHT on properties, the values of which may have fallen significantly since the owner died. ... read more
