Thomas Simpson Solicitors Ltd.

In 2023 we merged with Langdowns Ltd to form a new firm with in house legal and tax expertise.
Rob now works alongside Janette Whiteway and continues to provide estate planning advice, probate, Wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney with the same personal touch.

We are exceedingly proud to have helped raise this amount of money for such good causes. We would like to thank our clients for their donations to Will Aid.

We are very pleased to hear that our collection pot for Naomi House & Jacksplace raised £487.21. We would like to thank our clients for their generosity in assisting NH&JP to provide excellent care and support for life limited and life threatened children and young adults.

In some unusually good news STEP has announced that the Office of the Public Guardian has agreed holders of lasting powers of attorney no longer need express provision to arrange for discretionary investment providers to manage the donor's investments.

https://blog.step.org/2022/03/17/lpas-no-longer-require-discretionary-investment-express-provision/

LPAs no longer require discretionary investment express provision STEP is delighted to confirm that the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) has agreed to change its guidance on the requirement to have express provision for a discretionary investment management cl…

Probate fees are increasing on the 26th January 2022.

https://www.step.org/industry-news/england-and-wales-probate-fee-increases-take-effect-three-weeks

England and Wales probate fee increases to take effect in three weeks | STEP On 26 January 2022, probate application fees in England and Wales will increase to GBP273 for both professional and personal applications, under an amendment to the Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 2004 published in December 2021.

A significant change is coming for people dealing with small estates.

From the 1st January 2022 it will no longer be necessary to complete inheritance tax forms (IHT205 & IHT217) for many small estates.

This applies to deaths from that date and where the value of the estate is below £325,000 (or £650,000 if it was a second death in a couple of a married/civil partnership)

We are delighted to hear that our clients donated £3,170 to Will Aid in 2020. We are happy to have donated our time to support charities in this tough climate for fundraising.

We are pleased to see that digital providers are starting to make it easier to deal with people's accounts after death.

Apple have announced they will introduce a digital legacy page to allow a nominated person to deal with the account.

Linkedin have also introduced an authorisation to allow the access to a deceased's account.

If you have questions about how to preserve access to your digital assets or how to leave them as a gift in your Will please contact us.

https://blog.step.org/2021/06/10/progress-on-digital-legacy-planning-from-internet-service-providers/

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