Succession: Cultural approaches to protection in succession law

BeFair Avocats | January/February 2023 #240
Dr Diane Le Grand de Belleroche compares the new French withholding rights with the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 While the new French withholding rights (‘prélèvement compensatoire‘) can, in some situations, benefit ‘each child, or his heirs or successors in title’, the Inheritance Act 1975 provides for more categories of applicants and …

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Property succession: A clear route map for foreign property inheritance by minors

Ten Old Square | July/August 2022 #235
A recent Family Court decision has valuable lessons for trust and estate practitioners dealing with foreign property inherited by a minor. Georgia Bedworth reports The decision in Re B makes clear that in English law, just as in civil law jurisdictions, the power to administer property on behalf of a child is an aspect of …

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Musings from Manchester: What do we want?

Old Trafford Consulting Ltd | November 2021 #228
Succession and tax are interlinked. Geoffrey Shindler makes the case for reviewing the underlying principles behind both when considering change Would it not be a good idea to deal with tax and succession at the same time as the two are inherently closely interlinked? I set out below something I have recently read with interest. …

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Succession: Who died first?

University of Greenwich | March 2021 #221
Mark Pawlowski examines the doctrine of commorientes with particular reference to its implications for property held on a joint tenancy Where there is uncertainty surrounding the circumstances of joint or simultaneous death (ie, so that it is not known who died first), a fairer and more just solution is to convert the joint tenancy into …

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