EU Ruling on Wills

[Stella]

There is much to be gleaned from the Legal Advice section of the Forum…

In particular:

Why you need a French will in addition to your UK one

[Guillaume_Barlet_Batada[1]] We all know the old adage about nothing in life being certain apart from death and taxes, but all too many of us are unaware of just how stressful these two things can be when they are combined. And whilst most of us involve a legal specialist when dealing with the transfer of property ownership, when it comes to estate planning, all too often we leave things to chance or assume that a UK will will suffice when it comes to disposing of our French estate. This is something that has been concerning me for a while as I am aware that there have been changes in succession issues under EU law, but I was not sure about how these worked in reality so I decided to meet up with Guillaume Barlet-Batada from Cubism Law. Cubism Law is a London based law firm providing legal advice and services for private and corporate clients and individuals through all stages of their private and business lives. They have specialist knowledge in employment law, private client tax a…