05.12.23
In this blog, we explain what you will need to consider when you have created a Discretionary Trust or a Disabled Person’s Trust and assets are to be added to it. We bring together expertise from the three companies in the Renaissance Group – Renaissance Legal, Renaissance Trust and Renaissance…
29.10.23
With close to a million people living with Dementia in the UK, and with Alzheimer’s disease being the cause of 60-70% of cases of Dementia, it felt appropriate to write our next blog, explaining what financial support may be available to this large number of people with Alzheimer’s disease. Research…
12.10.23
On 5th October 2023, the latest edition of The Legal 500 UK was published and Renaissance Legal has maintained its position as a leading firm in Sussex, Kent and Surrey for Personal Tax, Trusts and Probate work. The editorial comments included the following feedback: ‘Renaissance is a leader in its…
06.09.23
Whilst it’s lovely that someone has chosen to remember your child in their Will, this situation can cause a real headache for families if the child who is receiving the inheritance has a disability, as the inheritance can compromise the child’s means-tested benefits. In this blog we take a closer…
18.07.23
The Government has announced a change to how an estate is divided should somebody die without a Will. Currently, if a married person (or person in a Civil Partnership) dies without a Will, the law states that the first £270,000 (known as the Statutory Legacy) passes to the surviving spouse,…
11.07.23
Following on from part four of our series on practical tips for Estate Administration, this blog discusses some steps Personal Representatives can take to ensure the smooth administration of an estate where matters are complicated by family disputes or possible claims on the estate. Losing a loved one is an emotional time and…
22.06.23
As our Child Trust Fund Access campaign, which we launched in 2016 highlights, more than 80,000 disabled young people with learning disabilities in England and Wales are at risk of losing their own savings due to the complex process required to access their Child Trust Funds. The same issue applies…
26.04.23
On Friday 21st April, on the worldwide celebration of Earth Day 2023, a team of volunteers from Renaissance Legal joined forces with Sussex charity Grace Eyre to transform its allotment space in Hove. On a sunny afternoon, the teams came together to dig, weed, tidy and make the allotment space…
20.04.23
“Think carefully about whether you actually want to become a Deputy” – advice from a parent on applying to access a disabled child’s Child Trust Fund Michele Creed, a mother from Sussex, kindly shares her family’s personal story and the journey she has been on to become a Deputy…
01.03.23
The Ministry of Justice has published its final response to the ongoing consultation regarding the Mental Capacity Small Payments Scheme, a streamlined process that would have allowed withdrawals and payments of up to £2,500 from cash-based savings accounts including Child Trust Funds and Junior ISAs; without the need to get…
