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Export bar placed on the manuscript, formerly owned by French and English royalty to allow time for a UK institution to acquire it for the nation.
How to make a will: making sure it's valid, using a solicitor and changing it when your circumstances change
Your will lets you decide what happens to your money, property and…
Your will should set out: who you want to benefit from your will who…
For your will to be legally valid, you must: be 18 or over make it…
You should review your will every 5 years and after any major change in…
The Government is introducing legislation to allow people to use video-conferencing technology for the witnessing of wills being made.
Complete this label and attach it to the envelope containing your last will and testament when you send it to HMCTS to be stored.
Changing an inheritance after death (a 'variation') and how it can affect amounts of Inheritance and Capital Gains tax due
Search online for a will, grant of representation or probate document for a death in or after 1858
Use this form to report that an original will is lost and you’re applying for probate. You must only use this form if you're representing yourself.
A record 8 Dstl awards have been announced in the King's Birthday Honours List and VCDS Awards 2023.
New research has found that British-made film and TV is considered high quality by nearly three quarters of global audiences, positively influencing international views of the UK and attracting tourists
Employment Tribunal decision.
This speech, delivered to the Mile End Group, sets out reflections on economic policy based on personal experience and Treasury history.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
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