12.11.24
Bespoke Lasting Powers of Attorney for Different Scenarios Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs) are an essential part of planning for the future. They are the best way of ensuring people can make decisions on your behalf should you no longer be able to make decisions for yourself. You can read…
04.11.24
Inheritance Tax Planning & Gifts for the Maintenance of Family Members We advise many families about the succession of their estate and one of the questions we often get asked is why our package of advice in this area is called ‘Planning for the Future’ and not, perhaps, simply ‘Wills…
19.06.24
Many families we see come to a meeting with some trepidation. On a regular basis parents start the meeting with ‘I know I should have done this years ago, but I’ve just kept putting it off’. This blog explores why some families put making a Will and Trust on the…
06.03.24
A recent survey [1] of divorced parents found that finances are the biggest challenge for over a quarter of respondents when managing arrangements with their ex-spouse about their children. It also found that over half of respondents said that money was one of the biggest fears of the overall divorce…
01.01.24
If you are meeting a lawyer for the first time, it can be daunting and emotional, particularly if the meeting concerns important decisions, such as planning for the future and decision-making for your disabled child. We are there to guide you through the process, making it as easy as possible…
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…
10.01.22
In our earlier blog on digital assets, we explored the range of digital assets most people have that will need to be taken into consideration when they die. As a quick refresher, what do we mean by digital assets? Well, these might be assets that have a financial value, for…
06.05.21
Deciding whether to get married, or enter into a civil partnership, is a big decision and aside the emotional side of things, couples need to consider a number of more ‘practical’ factors that are relevant to them. We know that the number of couples getting married has declined and more…
06.04.20
In the first part of this series, our blog on Lasting Powers of Attorney considered what needs to be put in place in case we should lose the ability to make our own decisions. In the second blog post of the series we looked at what measures you can take…
30.03.20
At the time of writing, the Covid-19 pandemic is causing enormous amounts of uncertainty both socially and economically. Whilst everyone is, quite rightly, concerned with keeping safe and healthy (and many navigating tricky financial waters), there are some simple things people might like to think about during this time. Keeping…
