A recent report has claimed that there could be up to 100,000 elderly people in the UK who are eligible to make a claim for care home fees they have wrongly paid. Pensioners who have been admitted into long-term care in nursing homes should have been regularly monitored and reviewed under the...
Local fundraisers Ribble Valley and White Rose Ladies received an unexpected boost to their charitable efforts last week as an Accrington resident left a £20,000 legacy to their cause. Mrs Emily Andrews, a client of Farleys Solicitors in Accrington, recently died at the age of 98, leaving the...
There are many reasons why a person may be unable to manage their own affairs, such as injury following an accident, the onset of dementia, or a mental health disorder. The Court of Protection (COP) is a specialist court which deals with all issues relating to people who lack the capacity to make...
As more and more of us amass digital assets on sites such as Flikr and Facebook, people are seriously beginning to consider passing on their online possessions as a form of digital inheritance. The concept may seem slightly futuristic, but the digital age is truly upon us. So much so that...
Trusts are often established as part of the estate planning process, and can be used as a tax-efficient means of passing on assets such as land, money and shares to your Partner or children. Due to the complexity of this area of estate planning, there are often many misconceptions around trust...