Jeffrey Epstein amassed a personal fortune, some impressive friends, and more than a few lawsuits before he died. We wonder whether he filed his last will and testament in the Virgin Islands to spite the latter. That’s because there are only two judges in the … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2019
3 Popular Misconceptions About Hoarding You May Not Know
Television programs and popular media are forever trotting out one-size-fits-all popular misconceptions about hoarding. If we had £100 for every ‘miracle cure’ someone suggested, we might be able to cruise the Mediterranean Sea from Malaga to Beirut. We decided to … [Read more...]
Resealing Probate What You Need to Know Before You Try
A grant of probate allows an executor to wind up a specific estate in a particular country. Many of Britain’s dominions and colonies adopted the legal principles of ‘their old country’ as they evolved to full legal independence. Resealing makes it potentially easier … [Read more...]
Straw Wars: Consumers Retaliate
Ask any informed teenager where they would prefer to dine, and the likely answer would be, “anywhere that does not use plastic straws.” Future generations are far more in touch with environmental issues, and the impending synthetic catastrophes that are contriving to … [Read more...]
Stranger Things in Probate: The UK Chain of Representation
The Administration of Estates Act of 1925 established the chain of representation among other matters affecting estates. It established a rule that “An executor of a sole or last surviving executor of a testator is the executor of that testator” too. However, it went … [Read more...]
Items to Avoid Sending to the Local Recycle Facility
Adopting a recycling mind-set for those household items you want to dispose of responsibly is a great start. First-time subscribers to this practice should know that it does not always prove that straightforward. For example, the Big Mac brand admitted recently that its … [Read more...]
Does Your Mailbox Think You Are a Hoarder: What Scientists Say
We may never know why George Sweeten, Elizabeth Sillence, and Nick Neave embarked on their research at Northumbria University. It may have been the sight of their mailboxes maxing, or missing a critical message in the chaos. Whatever the case, they decided to … [Read more...]
Inheritance Provision for Family and Dependants Act of 1975 Judgement
The Inheritance Provision for Family and Dependants Act (1975) allows UK courts to vary the distribution of the estate of a deceased person. Additional benefits may apply to any spouse, former spouse, child, child of the family, or dependant of that person. However … [Read more...]
Six Steps Along the Road Towards a Tidier Home
Hoarding is a lifestyle syndrome characterized by acquiring too many possessions and being unable to get rid of them for emotional reasons. In extreme cases the hoard takes over entire rooms to the extent exits are blocked, and visitors have difficulty moving through … [Read more...]
Probate Dilemma Who Actually Owns the Land?
Picture this. An aged relative has died and left you their entire estate in their will. However, there’s not much to it except a large tract of land in the south of England. Developers would break a leg to get their hands on it. But there’s only one problem. The HM Land … [Read more...]
