Since the time of Henry VIII, trusts have been used to protect assets from the whims of wayward children, ex-spouses, creditors, and tax collectors. And although they remain a useful way of separating legal and Read more…
Insight Service: Private Wealth & Succession Planning
Our private wealth and succession planning team offers personal, specialist advice on estate and inheritance tax planning to help protect and provide a smooth transition of your assets.
Deadline fast approaching: New rules for Trust Registration in the UK
The Trust Registration Service (TRS) is a register of the beneficial ownership of trusts. It was set up in 2017 to satisfy the requirements of The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Regulations (amendment) 2019. All Read more…
Carly Russell
Carly joined Lawrence Stephens as a Director in the Private Wealth Department in June 2022. She joins us from Brecher LLP where she headed up the private client team, advising on contentious and non-contentious private Read more…
The Benefit of Multiple Wills for Different Jurisdictions
As more of us become internationally mobile and own assets overseas, many clients will require co-ordinated estate planning, using multiple wills, namely multi-jurisdictional and separate situs wills. Whether it’s opening a foreign bank account, buying a holiday Read more…
A Guide to the UK Trusts Register
If you’re a trustee, or you administer or benefit from a trust, it’s important that you understand how the introduction of the UK Trusts Register may affect you and your trust The Register was introduced Read more…
Why Business Owners Should Review their Power of Attorney
While some business owners may have LPAs in place to cover their financial affairs if they lose capacity to make decisions, many will have attorneys that are their spouses, or other family members. However, few Read more…
Gareth Hughes Joins Lawrence Stephens as Director of Private Wealth & Succession Planning
We are delighted to announce the hire of Private Client expert, Gareth Hughes, who has joined Lawrence Stephens to lead our Private Wealth & Succession Planning practice. With over 18 years’ experience in the industry, Read more…
Gareth Hughes
Gareth Hughes is an experienced Private Client lawyer with more than 18 years’ PQE in acting to protect and preserve his clients’ wealth and assets. Gareth’s clients include HNWIs (both domiciled in the UK and Read more…
What You Need to Know about Codicils
Life is always changing and, naturally, our lifestyle choices and priorities will change as well. If you have written a Will and your circumstances change, you can easily update your Will to reflect your wishes Read more…
Why It’s Never Too Soon to Write Your Will
Many of us are guilty of putting off writing our Wills, believing that it’s not something we need to worry about until we reach retirement age, or older. However, this last year alone has shown Read more…
How Can I Reduce My Inheritance Tax Bill?
Inheritance Tax (IHT) is a tax added to the estate of a deceased person, including all their property, possessions and financial assets. Depending on the value of your estate, you may not always have to Read more…
What is a Deputyship Order and Who Needs One?
A Deputyship Order is a legal document which enables elected representatives to make important financial and welfare decisions on behalf of a person who has lost the capacity to handle their own affairs (ie. As Read more…
Setting Up A Charity: What You Need to Know
Many people are unaware that you can set up your own charity if you have a charitable cause. Setting up a charity is more straight-forward than you might think, and it will enable you to Read more…
Providing for Digital Assets in Your Will
Over the last several years we have become increasingly more reliant on digital platforms to manage our finances, investments and many other valuable assets. We are used to accounting for physical property in our Wills, Read more…
New Year, New Will? Why You Should Consider Making a Will in 2021
What is your new year’s resolution? Being more active? Starting a new hobby? Finding a new job? Whatever it is, one New Year’s resolution we all should have in the forefront of our minds for Read more…
What is a Lasting Power of Attorney and Who Needs One?
A Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) is just as important as making a Will if not more; it is an essential legal mechanism which makes sure that your assets are handled by someone you trust Read more…
Virtual witnessing of wills becomes legal
In what is being described as the “biggest change to law in 200 years,” the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has this week announced that people will be able to sign wills with a witness only Read more…
Why you should have a will
Making a will is an important part of insuring your family’s financial future. Wills are legally-binding documents which provide an essential guide as to how your estate and assets should be distributed after death. This Read more…
Glen Bayliss
Glen Bayliss joined Lawrence Stephens Solicitors in September 2019. He joins us from a West End firm where he was a Partner specialising in residential property and private client. Glen qualified in 1997 and won the Read more…
Lawrence Stephens to take part in Will Aid charity Will writing scheme
Lawrence Stephens Senior Associate Hardeep Nijher will be taking part in Will Aid this November, to raise vital funds for nine of the UK’s best loved charities. Will Aid is a charity Will writing scheme Read more…
Another problem with the government’s ‘death tax’?
The Ministry of Justice’s controversial proposal to radically increase fees for administering probate has hit another snag, as it has emerged that the government has not assessed the costs attached and the practical application of Read more…
Hardeep Nijher
Hardeep specialises in Wills, Probate and Estate Planning, Court of Protection applications, Charity Law and Lasting Powers of Attorney. He also has expertise in Trust Law and is a full member of Society of Trusts Read more…
Private Wealth & Succession Planning
Our private wealth and succession planning team offers personal, specialist advice on estate and inheritance tax planning to help protect and provide a smooth transition of your assets. Dealing with wills and succession planning isn’t Read more…