Last year the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced sweeping changes to the inheritance tax system. It is now one year on and the changes have been enshrined by Royal Assent.

This article gives a brief explanation of inheritance tax and the current position…

A Lasting Power of Attorney is a document by which one person delegates his decision-making powers to a chosen person or persons. Lasting Powers of Attorney were introduced on 1 October 2007.

On their one-year anniversary, this article outlines a few important points…

This is the first post at Law Chat, a blog created by the staff at Winston Solicitors LLP to air their thoughts and spark discussions on a wide range of topical legal issues…