Jul 5, 2020 | Bullet Point Update
Introduction One of the effects of Covid-19 is that for some the value of their investments has gone down. Compared with the devastation Covid-19 has wrought for many that concern may not seem significant. One might see it as a “nice problem to have”. It can...
Jun 16, 2020 | Bullet Point Update
The last three BPUs (March, April and May) have all related to Covid-19. This one does not avoid the topic altogether but it is peripheral rather than the main focus. Last month the Scottish Charity Regulator, the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland and the...
Jun 15, 2020 | Bullet Point Update
The BPU for last month here focused on the fact that the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 made no emergency provisions about the signing of wills during lockdown but explained that the Law Society had stepped in and provided guidance on how to go about this. The...
Apr 30, 2020 | Bullet Point Update
Traditional will-making The traditional notion of making a will usually involves: a meeting at a solicitor’s office to discuss the terms of the will and give instructions; the solicitor then sending out a draft of the will for review; and then another meeting at the...
Apr 29, 2020 | Bullet Point Update
Registrars’ offices are currently closed to members of the public owing to the Coronavirus outbreak. But no burial or cremation can go ahead in Scotland without a Certificate of Registration of Death (“Form 14”) having been issued by the registrar. This note outlines...
