TWM in the press

Stuart Downey, Partner in Will, Trust and Estate Disputes at TWM Solicitors, is featured in IFA Magazine, The Times, Solicitors Journal and GB News, discussing the 50th anniversary of the 1975 Inheritance Act and calls for the need for reform in light of evolving family structures.

Anthony Wilcox, Partner and employment law specialist at TWM Solicitors, was featured in City AM and Startups Magazine explaining the reasons behind the rise in the number of proposed mass dismissal programmes linked to contract changes and redundancies.

Stuart Downey, Partner in Will, Trust and Estate Disputes at TWM Solicitors, is featured in The Times, on the increasing sense of entitlement and ownership of future inheritance and how it impacts on the decisions of the potential beneficiary.

Laura Walkley, Partner and Head of Private Client at TWM Solicitors, is featured in IFA Magazine and ePrivateClient, detailing the tax benefits that are available to married couples and those in a civil partnership that are not available to others.

Stuart Downey, Partner in Will, Trust and Estate Disputes at TWM Solicitors, comments in The Telegraph, Solicitors Journal, Money Week and ePrivateClient on the rise in disputes over inheritance, and how inheritance generally coming later in life means beneficiaries have the resources to fund a claim.

David Lunn, Partner in Private Client at TWM Solicitors, comments in PA Adviser on Kemi Badenoch’s proposed rollback of inheritance tax (IHT) rises, suggesting that she could go further in reforming IHT to deliver more meaningful benefits for families and estates.

Duncan Mitchell-Innes, Partner and Deputy Head of Private Client at TWM Solicitors, explains in Money Marketing, IFA Magazine, Money Week, ePrivateClient, The Mail on Sunday and GB News that holding life insurance in specific types of trust can exempt it from IHT, making it a powerful estate-planning tool.

Laura Walkley, Partner and Head of Private Client at TWM Solicitors, is featured in Money Marketing, IFA Magazine and Law360 on how the total value of gifts left to UK charities via Wills has jumped sharply, with the rise being driven in part by estate planning strategies aimed at mitigating the impact of Inheritance Tax.

Featured in Money Marketing, David Lunn, Managing Associate in the Private Client team at TWM Solicitors reveals that UK individuals paid more than double the amount of inheritance tax on gifts last year than ten years ago. Many of these tax bills could have been avoided through more effective estate planning.