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22.09.21

A ‘trace’ too late

My client wanted to trace and re-connect with her father, who she’d not seen since she was 2 years old.

A ‘trace’ too late
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22.09.21

Intestacy Case – Mixed Emotions

A widow, with no children, who believed she had no other family, had written her Will leaving her residue estate to her godson, who sadly pre-deceased her.

Intestacy Case – Mixed Emotions
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22.09.21

Missing Beneficiaries Located and Re-connected

Crescent Research was commissioned to locate two missing beneficiaries (the deceased’s son and grandson).

Missing Beneficiaries Located and Re-connected
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22.09.21

Missing Beneficiary Located in Spain

Prior to the inception of Crescent Research, my client had originally commissioned another company to trace all the legally entitled beneficiaries of an intesta...

Missing Beneficiary Located in Spain
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17.09.21

COFA’s, are you reviewing your bank reconciliations properly?

The SRA Accounts Rule 8 states the following:

COFA’s, are you reviewing your bank reconciliations properly?
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Disclosure a Condition of Court Order

16.09.21

Disclosure: a Condition of Court Order

The High Court has jurisdiction to allow a litigant to change its expert witness, subject to terms that can include an order for disclosure; but what are the li...

Disclosure: a Condition of Court Order
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Drafting Pitfalls in Overage Agreements

09.09.21

Drafting Pitfalls in Overage Agreements

Sometimes, a seller disposing of land and property may consider that the buyer is likely to sell it on at a huge profit.

Drafting Pitfalls in Overage Agreements
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Lifetime gifts a growing appetite for change

07.09.21

Lifetime gifts - a growing appetite for change?

It’s now a year since the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) released its second report and recommendations for change in relation to inheritance tax (IHT).

Lifetime gifts - a growing appetite for change?
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07.09.21

Crescent Research

Crescent Research provides cost effective and time efficient genealogical intestacy research, tracing and verification services and bankruptcy searches to assis...

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