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Why virtual mediation is here to stay for private client disputes
Date: 15/07/2020 Type: Articles Topic: Private Client | Trusts | Wills and Estates | Inheritance | Next Generation Wealth |Author: Julia Burns – Dove in the Room
A couple of months ago few people in the legal world had heard of virtual mediation. Thanks to Zoom’s confidential breakout room technology, virtual mediation has been widely adopted by mediators and litigators who have adapted quickly. Once the Rubicon is crossed, there is no going back.
Death & Divorce Full Event Slides
Date: 20/07/2020 Type: White Papers Topic: Author: ThoughtLeaders4Event slides from Death & Divorce webinar
Read moreTop 10 Tips for Successful Video Interviews
Date: 15/07/2020 Type: Articles Topic: Private Client |Author: Siobhan Lewington & James Quick – Fox Rodney Search
Now that we’re all working remotely and practising social distancing, we’re seeing our clients’ meetings with candidates moving to video platforms such as WebEx, Zoom or Skype. As this is a new experience for many of us, we thought we would share our top 10 tips for successful video interviews.
The Moral Maze – considering child adult claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975
Date: 15/07/2020 Type: Articles Topic: Private Client | Wills and Estates | Inheritance |Author: Elizabeth Ware – Foot Anstey
In England and Wales, we are free to leave our estates to whomever we choose. This is the principle of testamentary freedom, and it is a principle the Court is keen to uphold. Whilst we have this freedom in England and Wales, we also have the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 (‘the 1975 Act’). A statute that was implemented to protect and provide for those individuals where it would be unjust for them not to receive financial provision from the deceased’s estate.
What should Protectors be thinking about since the arrival of Covid-19?
Date: 15/07/2020 Type: Articles Topic: Private Client | Trusts |Author: Roberta Harvey & Hannah Mantle – Forsters
Many protectors or their advisors will already have navigated difficult issues during the recession following the financial crisis in 2008, others will have done so even earlier. The issues which arise from the physical restrictions placed on us and our movement during the current crisis may be quite unusual, but the economic issues arising from the Covid-19 crisis are likely to be similar to previous downturns.
Practical Considerations for Trustees
Date: 15/07/2020 Type: Topic: Private Client | Trusts |Author: Andrew Peedom – Collas Crill
The profound impact which the current pandemic has had on all aspects of life cannot be understated. This, of course, includes the global economic downturn; in some quarters it has been compared to, or indeed said to be likely to eclipse, the Great Depression
It’s time to adapt – the Next Generation is on their way!
Date: 15/07/2020 Type: Articles Topic: Private Client | Next Generation Wealth |Author: Edward Bennett – Bedell Cristin
It is widely publicised that economists and financial observers estimate that, over the next few decades, assets worth many trillions of dollars will pass from one generation to the next - dubbed “The Great Wealth Transfer”. This passing of wealth is likely to take many forms including the transfer of individual influence over existing wealth-holding structures and as such it is clear that the fiduciary industry will experience the effects of this intergenerational change.
Unexpected Death in the Times of Covid 19:- Estates with U.K. as well as International Focus
Date: 15/07/2020 Type: Articles Topic: Private Client | Wills and Estates |Author: Helene Pines Richman – 9 Stone Buildings
Regardless of whether you previously read books on pandemics, were fully au fait with the Spanish flu of 1918, and/ or at least broadly knew that epidemics on a grand scale occur about once every 100 years, the Corona Virus has shocked the world in its speed of spread and truly terrible consequences. The death toll as of this writing is almost 29,000 for the U.K. and 250,000 worldwide.
Dealing with the death of a settlor
Date: 15/07/2020 Type: Articles Topic: Private Client | Trusts | Wills and Estates | Inheritance | Next Generation Wealth |Author: Tara Hopwood – Summit Trust International
Trusts are settled for many reasons but succession planning is usually featured at the top of this list. Many settlors like the idea of leaving a legacy, of leaving their accumulated wealth in safe hands and of doing what they can to minimise if not completely eliminate family disharmony after their passing.
Private label funds – collective investment vehicles for HNWIs
Date: 15/07/2020 Type: Articles Topic: Private Client | Next Generation Wealth | Investment and HNWI’s | Author: Richard Grasby – RDG Fiduciary ServicesCollective investment vehicles are very familiar to high net worth investors (“HNWIs”) and their connected structures (trusts/family offices etc). In fact, many such HNWIs are key investors for new fund launches. Most such funds are put together by wealth managers looking to profit from the management of the fund.
Read moreRelaxing Requirements for Executing a Will during Covid-19
Date: 15/07/2020 Type: Articles Topic: Private Client | Inheritance | Next Generation Wealth |Author: Matthew Braithwaite – Wedlake Bell LLP
The archaic nature of England’s law on the execution of Wills has been called into question in recent years, but never more so than in the last couple of months with the outbreak of Covid-19. Embracing modern technology in Will writing has moved from being something that the industry felt it “should” do, to a more urgent plea to allow those that need to execute a Will now, to do so, safely and validly. Other countries have been more reactive introduced emergency legislation to deal with the situation, but so far, England has failed to do similarly
Abuse of the Interpol system
Date: 15/07/2020 Type: Articles Topic: Private Client | Next Generation Wealth |Author: Matt Ingham, Richard Milford & Isaac Ricca-Richardson – Payne Hicks Beach
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the planet to grind to a halt and will have a lasting economic impact. Whilst the severity of this impact remains to be seen, we know from previous economic downturns that well-connected elites in high risk jurisdictions have often used improper methods to recoup their personal losses.
Tax for Entertainers & Sports People - Slides
Date: 15/07/2020 Type: Webinars White Papers Topic: Private Client | Tax |Author: Adrian Shipwright & Julian Hickey - Addington Chambers
Event slides for Tax for Entertainers & Sports People
Insolvent trusts and trustee duties
Date: 15/07/2020 Type: Articles Topic: FIRE | Civil Fraud | International | Private Client | Trusts |Author: Emma McCall – Stewarts
Economic uncertainty brought by the Covid-19 pandemic will undoubtedly have a profound effect on the value of trust assets. Industry experts predict steep rises in insolvencies, affecting key industries. Many businesses may become cash-flow/balance sheet insolvent (if they are not already).
Trusts in Divorce 6th July Event Slides
Date: 07/07/2020 Type: Webinars White Papers Topic: HNW Divorce | Finances | Private Client | Trusts |Slides from the Trusts in Divorce event on the 6th July
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