Legal matters when you鈥檙e not married to a partner The legal side of death is increasingly out of touch with the way a lot of us live. According to the Office for National Statistics, the number of people who are in unmarried partnerships is rising, and only set to become 鈥渘ormal鈥�. But the inheritance laws […]
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What is a digital autopsy? A digital autopsy finds the cause of death with 3D imaging and computer software instead of a scalpel. From Leonardo da Vinci鈥檚 dissection table to 3D visualisations on a screen, post-mortems are undergoing a technical overhaul. From whether you think it鈥檚 an invasive procedure or you don鈥檛 care what happens […]
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Modern death rituals You don鈥檛 go to church, but you religiously eat the same cereal every morning. You don鈥檛 believe in a higher being, but you find yourself crossing your fingers when you need some good luck on your side. So when it comes to death, does a little ritual help? Here we look at […]
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How is retirement changing? We鈥檙e not just living longer, we鈥檙e also expected to work for longer. But will the traditional notion of retirement – putting your feet up at a beach in Spain, attending to your allotment and making painfully bad style choices, all the while receiving a steady income from the state – disappear […]
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End of life planning after you’ve lived abroad If you鈥檝e lived abroad for an extended period of time but are now thinking of moving back to spend your remaining years in the UK, then there are a few procedures to think about. These include passing what鈥檚 known as the Habitual Residence Test, finding out whether […]
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What is an excepted estate? An excepted estate is where no inheritance tax needs to be paid. When starting the probate process and dealing with a Will, you鈥檒l need to figure out exactly how much the estate is worth in total. After that, you can work out whether you鈥檙e dealing with an excepted estate. Here鈥檚 […]
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