2016 will long be remembered as a year which saw a number of historically significant events take place, many of which will have long lasting implications both at home and abroad. While we will have to wait and see the full consequences of Brexit and the US Presidential race, there may also have been changes to your life which could immediately impact on the validity of your Will and any other estate planning documents that you have already created.

Everyone at Kings Court Trust wishes you a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

Kings Court Trust, one of the UK’s leading estate administration providers, has relocated its office to Bristol this week.

A judge has ruled that a farmer’s wife ‘took advantage’ of her husband’s Alzheimer’s in a bid to disinherit their son of £10 million.

By the end of this century, the number of dead people on Facebook is expected to outnumber living members – turning it into the world’s biggest ‘virtual graveyard’.

Recent research has highlighted that the number of millionaires in the UK is rising and that there will be half a million of them by the end of this year.

Kings Court Trust, one of the UK’s leading estate administration providers, has announced that it will be moving its office to Bristol before the end of the year.

It has been reported that the increase in the number of children involved in inheritance disputes has been fuelled by rising property prices.

Further proposals by the Scottish Law Commission (SLC) as part of a two-stage consultation on reform of Succession Law could affect a significant number of unmarried couples living together.