July 2020 – Coronavirus & Lifetime Planning
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 … More
June 2020 – Charity Accounts and Covid-19
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 … More
May 2020 – Coronavirus No 2 Act – a smorgasbord
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 … More
April 2020 – Making a Will in Lockdown
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 … More
March 2020 – Covid-19 & Registering a Death Remotely
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. … More