Author Archives: Shaws

Passing wealth to children

By Shaws | Published: June 21, 2010

Question: Recently I made my Will.  I am in good health and therefore it may be some time before my children will inherit anything.  It seems to me that I should perhaps consider passing some property to my children now so they have the benefit of it when it is of most use to them.  […]

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Bullying in the workplace

By Shaws | Published: June 21, 2010

Question: I have a very difficult working relationship with my boss.  I feel under constant stress because I get repeated requests with impossible tasks or targets.  Recently my boss has become even more unreasonable and has started using quite aggressive language when I have tried to explain to him that I simply cannot cope.  What […]

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I have been nominated as the Executor of a Will. What does this entail?

By Shaws | Published: May 31, 2010

Question: Somewhat to my surprise I have been nominated as the Executor of a Will.  What does this entail?  Answer: Your function as an Executor is to extract a Grant of Probate to the Estate and to administer the Estate of the deceased.  I suppose the first thing to say is that you are not […]

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Civil Partnership Bill

By Shaws | Published: May 31, 2010

Question: I read your article recently about the Civil Partnership Bill.  My partner and I would like to get married but we cannot do so because of difficulties with a foreign divorce.  Ideally we would like to enter into a Civil Partnership Agreement so that we can agree what is to happen after we die.  […]

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