Divorce proceedings and your Will If you have commenced divorce proceedings but not finalised them then your Will is still valid. However, your former spouse is treated as if they “died” on the day the decree absolute is granted by the Court. That means any gift in the Will falls back into the residue for […]
Heppenstalls are very proud of our Alex Jennings for sitting through interviews to be admitted onto the Women’s institute list of official speakers! Alex is now included on the HCFWI Speakers List, and will be printed in the next edition of the HCFWI Yearbook. Alex Jennings joined Heppenstalls in 1978, and now is the Managing […]
Did you know that your estate can now benefit from a new Inheritance Tax exemption? The new IHT Residence Nil Rate Band (RNRB) is in addition to an individual’s own Nil Rate Band, currently £325,000. The new RNRB is currently £100,000 and will increase by £25,000 each tax year until 2020/21. This new exemption will […]
You have joined the gym, signed up to a more active lifestyle, given up chocolate and wine. But do you need to put your Legal Affairs in Order? Not sure then read on……. Do you have a Will? If not you are not alone two thirds of adults in the UK don’t, but do you […]
Going through our records a number of years ago, we at Heppenstalls came across this wonderful map of the Manor of Sway Quarr dating back to 1824. It is wonderfully illustrated and truly beautiful. We had to find some way of preserving the map but also allowing it to be displayed rather than tucked away in […]
