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Helen Bryant

Helen Bryant

Partner, Farrer & Co

Articles

Estate planning update
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Estate planning update

Giving can be costly if made as a result of a misunderstanding of the law, says Helen Bryant as she reviews cases on undue influence,...
12 Nov 2013
Update: estate planning
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Update: estate planning

Helen Bryant considers the legal rights of testators' children, including cases on provision for an adult child, rectification and international estates
11 Jul 2011
Update: wills and probate
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Update: wills and probate

Helen Bryant considers cases on testamentary capacity, mutual wills, gift aid and valuation principles for 'related property'
1 Feb 2011
Update: wills and probate
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Update: wills and probate

Helen Bryant considers warnings from HMRC about inheritance tax disclosure, solicitors' liability to the executors and heirs of a deceased client, the rectification of a...
25 Oct 2010
Update: wills and probate
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Update: wills and probate

The last few months have produced contrasting decisions about the court's power to remove executors, a reappraisal of the criteria of testamentary capacity and a...
25 May 2010
Update: wills and probate
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Update: wills and probate

Helen Bryant considers cases involving claims by extended family members under the Inheritance Act, proving secret trusts, propriety estoppel and inheritance tax
4 Aug 2009
Update: wills and probate
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Update: wills and probate

Helen Bryant explains the new Inheritance Tax Account Form IHT 400, and considers cases involving post-death IHT planning and the interpretation of wills
26 May 2009