Robert Cartmell explores the benefits of using a personal injury trust to receive compensation awarded as a consequence of a personal injury. A personal injury Trust - what are the usual circumstances for creating a [...]
The use of trusts in your lifetime (rather than Will-Trusts) for placing your main asset (the family home) into a structure to protect the ultimate succession rights of your chosen beneficiaries (children). A summary of [...]
Robert Cartmell explores the benefits of using lifetime Trusts as opposed to using Will-Trusts to protect assets. What are the usual factors and implications for putting your property into a lifetime trust structure, by Estate [...]
A short brief on what comprises "Estate Planning" in 2024. A summary of the services offered by ProTrust Consulting Ltd, a firm which specialises in three distinct areas: Estate Planning (Wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney [...]
Robert Cartmell explores the impact of the recent Budget on Inheritance Tax and how this will affect Estate Planning for families. The Inheritance Tax (IHT) implications and why a review of your Estate Planning is [...]
Robert Cartmell explores how to establish that a property is owned subject to a Trust and how to deal with the Trust appropriately on sale. How to sell a property that is subject to a [...]
An explanation of the Court of Protection process. A summary of the services offered by ProTrust Consulting Ltd, a firm which specialises in three distinct areas: Estate Planning (Wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney and Trusts); [...]
No doubt not the primary reason for moving away, but there are cases where a person or couple might believe that the value of their ‘estate assets’ on death might trigger their family paying UK [...]
The reasons why a 14 year rule period might apply to lifetime gifts, by estate planning expert Robert Cartmell. I, Robert Cartmell, have worked in estate planning work for over 25 years and there have [...]
The reasons why a Caveat might be lodged and the impact of doing so by estate administration expert Robert Cartmell. I, Robert Cartmell, having worked in estate administration work for over 25 years and during [...]
