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Attorneys and lasting powers of attorney – when gifts go too far
Posted: 22/01/2025
The role of attorney comes with strict rules that must be followed. One particular area where this is true is when an attorney makes gifts of the donor’s assets, on their behalf. A gift is defined as when you move ownership of money, property or possessions to yourself or other people, without payment. This could be simple birthday presents......>>
Forgery in wills: outsmarting the fraudsters and protecting your estate
Posted: 17/01/2025
What might alight your suspicions that a will is forged, and what can you do about it? It seems that there is not a week that goes by without another ‘inheritance case’ making the headlines. Recently, it has been the turn of two brothers litigating their mother’s £1.2 million estate, where one brother accused the other of fabricating legal documents......>>
Lessons for blessings: analysis of Folds Farm Trustees Ltd & Others (2024)
Posted: 07/11/2024
This is a joint article between Penningtons Manches Copper and Russell-Cooke on the recent case of Folds Farm Trustees Ltd. v Cutts and others. Both firms represented the beneficiary ('D1') who sought to purchase Folds Farm (in the New Forest) out of discretionary trusts ('Trust') set up by the late Susan Cutts. Penningtons Manches Cooper......>>
Art – the difficult question of ownership upon death or relationship breakdown
Posted: 10/10/2024
October is a special month for art lovers and collectors alike in London. Frieze London and Frieze Masters take over Regents Park and bring with them a multitude of pop-up exhibitions and auctions across the city. In October 2022, the combined evening sales of Christies, Sotheby’s and Phillips totalled nearly £160 million, showing Frieze Week......>>
Two new appointments strengthen contentious private client team’s international offering
Posted: 12/09/2024
Penningtons Manches Cooper’s contentious private client team in London has welcomed two new additions, senior associates Sarah Sussman and Charlotte Finley, in a move that expands its capability for handling international and cross-border matters. The contentious private client team currently acts on a wide variety of international......>>
‘A Rolls-Royce service’ – Penningtons Manches Cooper’s private wealth lawyers recognised in Chambers High Net Worth 2024
Posted: 19/07/2024
Penningtons Manches Cooper’s private wealth sector group has been recognised in the latest edition of the Chambers High Net Worth Legal Guide, in a reflection of the strength and depth of its offering. In total, 19 individual lawyers have been ranked, with collective recognition for five teams. The Chambers High Net Worth Legal Guide is a leading......>>
Spring Budget 2024 and the impact on charities
Posted: 09/04/2024
The announcements made on 6 March in the Spring Budget 2024 have left the charity sector, according to Civil Society.co.uk, with ‘very few measures to help’. Of course, much of it is speculative as we are in an election year, but what is disappointing to see is the lack of recognition of the way in which the charity sector is propping up......>>
Lifetime gifting: how can you protect gifts from being reclaimed by third parties?
Posted: 19/12/2023
The festive season is traditionally a time when family and friends exchange gifts with one another, and it is not uncommon for the opportunity to be taken for sizeable gifts to be made from one generation to the next. For the reasons explained below, if anyone is considering making gifts either of assets of substantial value or sizable......>>
Penningtons Manches Cooper’s private wealth lawyers recognised for ‘quality service’ in Chambers High Net Worth 2023
Posted: 26/07/2023
Following a series of outstanding rankings for Penningtons Manches Cooper in the 2023 edition of Chambers UK, a number of members of the firm’s private wealth sector group have now been recognised in the latest edition of the Chambers High Net Worth Legal Guide. In total, 18 individual lawyers have been ranked......>>
What to do when your loved one dies abroad?
Posted: 27/03/2023
A common trend for high net worth individual (HNWI) clients in an increasingly global world is the tendency for both themselves and their families to have business and personal interests located overseas. This usually means they have an extensive travel schedule, spending significant periods of time outside of England and Wales......>>

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