Estate Planning Archives - Johnson Legal Edinburgh

Saving Tax with a Discretionary Trust

You do not have to be particularly wealthy or a business owner to make use of Will trust provisions to make tax savings and to protect assets into the future. Business owners and investors should however consider trusts to maximise the very generous reliefs that are available to qualifying businesses interests. There are different types of trust. These can be set up in lifetime or take effect on death under the terms of the Will or a Deed of Variation within two years of the death.

The Appointment of Guardians for Children

The Responsibility of Parents There are many events in life that might prompt you to make your Will or to review an existing Will. The birth of a child is for most new parents one of the happiest and exciting times they will experience. The responsibility of parenthood should never be taken lightly and few things are more sobering than having to consider who might take on that responsibility if the parent should die before seeing their own child grow into adulthood...