If you do not have a valid Will in place at the time of your death then the Rules of Intestacy will determine how your estate will be divided amongst your heirs. These rules can be summarised as follows:
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If you do not have a valid Will in place at the time of your death then the Rules of Intestacy will determine how your estate will be divided amongst your heirs. These rules can be summarised as follows:
On Sunday 10th October Emma Cherry, Legal Secretary in the Wills and Estates team at...
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Fiona Ashworth, who qualified as a solicitor in 1999, joined the TSP Wills and Estates team in August 2014 as the Team Leader, and is based in our Colchester Office. Fiona has extensive experience in her area and advises our...
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Fiona Ashworth, Thompson Smith and Puxon Wills & Estates Team Leader, discusses gifting.
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During a year in which Essex-based Thompson Smith and Puxon (TSP) has continued to grow, the Legal 500 has recognised and confirmed the firm’s on-going commitment to client service and...
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Thompson Smith and Puxon (TSP) solicitors is pleased to announce that it has once again been awarded the Lexcel accreditation, the Law Society’s legal practice mark for practice management and...
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Currently there is a great deal of speculation along with a lot of political posturing and manoeuvring regarding BREXIT and what it will eventually look like. The truth of the...
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On 12 September 2018 the Government published the Agriculture Bill 2018. The Bill sets out a way forward and provides a legislative framework for new domestic agricultural policy as the...
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A new report, which can be downloaded here, from SFE (Solicitors for the Elderly) and independent think tank Centre for Future Studies, reveals the UK is leaving medical and care...
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