Raeside Chisholm Solicitors Blog

Retirement means different things to the ‘baby boomers’ now reaching retirement than it did to their parents - if the findings of Aviva’s most recent Real Retirement Report are anything to go by.

Recent research from accountancy firm UHY Hacker Young has found that HMRC has been increasing the amount of tax raised through inheritance tax (IHT) by challenging more valuations placed on estates containing property.

The Law Society of England and Wales has used the events of a recent episode of Downton Abbey to highlight the importance of writing a will and the potential ramifications of not doing so in England and Wales.

Interesting research carried out by Unbiased.co.uk and Certainty.co.uk, has revealed that more people than ever are expecting to be able to bequeath property to their loved ones in 2013.

With an increasing demand for care services, a Which? investigation has found that over the last five years some local authorities in England and Wales have been restricting home care and increasing costs above inflation, leading to a widening postcode lottery in care costs.