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Protect Your Future with a Health and Welfare LPA
18 July 2025
Protect Your Future with a Health and Welfare LPA

Planning for the future is one of the most important things you can do to protect your health and wellbeing, especially as you get older. A Health and Welfare Lasting Power of Attorney ...

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Planning for the Future when you have a Blended Family
24 June 2025
Planning for the Future when you have a Blended Family

Blended families are now more common than ever, with many people starting new relationships, getting married, and entering into civil partnerships later in life, often bringing children ...

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Dementia: Raising Awareness
18 June 2025
Dementia: Raising Awareness

Our Dementia Friends Initiative At Phillips Law, we know that understanding dementia creates better support for those living with it. We marked Dementia Action Week by holding Dementia ...

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Why Having a Will Matters When You Have Minor Children: Appointing Legal Guardians
16 May 2025
Why Having a Will Matters When You Have Minor Children: Appointing Legal Guardians

At Phillips Law, we know that making a Will can sometimes feel like a task for “another day.” But if you have young children, putting a Will in place is one of the most important steps ...

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Phillips Law urges local families to plan ahead to reduce their inheritance tax bill
22 July 2024
Phillips Law urges local families to plan ahead to reduce their inheritance tax bill

Latest figures from HMRC show that inheritance tax receipts have risen by 7.2% since last year. By taking advantage of available tax reliefs and planning carefully, families can make su ...

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Use it or lose it – making use of your annual allowance
27 March 2024
Use it or lose it – making use of your annual allowance

The Annual Allowance With the end of the current tax year fast approaching, anyone wishing to use their 2023/24 (and potentially their 2022/2023) annual allowance in relation to gifts o ...

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Phillips Law urges people to get writing a Will off their to-do list.
4 March 2024
Phillips Law urges people to get writing a Will off their to-do list.

This week (4 – 8 March) is Update your Will Week Phillips Law is encouraging people to consider the risks of not having a Will following new research revealing nearly half of UK adults ...

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Everything you need to know about Deeds of Variation
18 December 2023
Everything you need to know about Deeds of Variation

What is a Deed of Variation? When a person dies, their estate falls to be distributed under the terms of their last Will, or under the Rules of Intestacy if they did not have a valid Wi ...

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What is the Trust Registration Service?
24 August 2022
What is the Trust Registration Service?

The Trust Registration Service (TRS) is an HMRC register of the beneficial ownership of trusts. The TRS has been in existence since 2017 whereby trusts with a tax liability have been ob ...

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LUCY’S ADVICE ABOUT LPAS REINFORCED THROUGH PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
11 August 2021
LUCY’S ADVICE ABOUT LPAS REINFORCED THROUGH PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

The views of Lucy Watson, who heads the Wills and Probate Team at Phillips, about Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs) have been reinforced through her personal experience as she explains ...

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