Category: Sarah Young
Can a ‘Discretionary Trust’ prevent a Will dispute?
Very few of us want our family to get embroiled in an inheritance dispute after our death. They can be […]
Presumption of Death: 3 Key Facts About Missing Persons Law
Each year in the UK an estimated 96,000 adults are reported missing. Most of them are thankfully found quickly, but […]
Grooming & Coercive Control of the Vulnerable
Older people, especially those living alone are increasingly at risk of being targeted by unscrupulous individuals for financial gain. The […]
Attorneys Behaving Badly: The Growing Issue of Financial Abuse
Financial abuse of a parent by an adult child is a horrible betrayal of trust. When that child has been […]
Guardianship for Missing People: Law in Practice Review
The Guardianship (Missing Persons) Act 2017 (the Act) came into force on 31st July 2019. The Act aims to help […]
Robert’s Fight: Land, Legacy, and a Will Dispute
Robert, a hill farmer who worked on the family farm, had always been promised by his dad, that he would […]
Financial Abuse in the Family: A Family’s Struggle Over Inheritance
Susan was the executor of her late mother’s Will. Her mother owned her own home, and in her later years […]
A Mother’s Estate in the Wrong Hands: John’s Fight for His Inheritance
John was 20 years old when his mother died by suicide. She was separated from her civil partner and had […]
Widow Loses Legal Battle Over Late Husband’s Estate | Blog
When someone has died, if they have failed to make ‘reasonable financial provision’ for certain relatives or dependants, the court […]
Destroying your Will? Here’s what you need to know
You may think that making a Will is a ‘one off’ task; once done then to be forgotten. But in […]
