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3PB's contentious probate and commercial and property disputes barrister Ashley Blood-Halvorsen (pictured here), who is an Affiliate with the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), has been awarded merit grade in her Taxation of Trusts and Estates exam as part of the TEP qualification(E&W) which covers income tax, capital gains tax and inheritance tax. Ashley's colleague Oliver Ingham is also working towards his TEP qualification. If you wish to instruct Ashley on any matter,...
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Judgment was handed down today in Hirachand, which is arguably the most important decision to arise in the context of the 1975 Act since the Supreme Court dealt with Ilott v Mitson [2017] UKSC. The case sees the Court of Appeal clarifying several controversial issues arising from the 46-year old, Inheritance Act 1975. 3PB’s probate and chancery barrister Oliver Ingham (pictured here) and Brie Stephens-Hoare QC (Gatehouse Chambers) acted for the appellants, taking instructions from...
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In 2020, Cohen J issued his decision in Re H [2020] EWHC (Fam) 1134 which found for the first time that a Court could order an Estate to pay for a CFA Uplift as part of an award under the Inheritance Act 1975. Further, an award was made by video link in circumstances where the Defendant (who was unrepresented) a profoundly deaf and disabled 87 year old woman who could not hear or see what...
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