Murray Beith Murray LLP is a leading Scottish private client law firm.
For 175 years we have specialised in meeting the legal, financial and administrative needs of individuals and families, family trusts, charities and private companies.
If you are inheriting your family home, you may have many questions about how this works. What if you want to live in the property? What happens where you must share the inheritance with your siblings? In this article, we look at some of the most common questions we are asked about inheriting a family home in Scotland.
Acting as an executor can be challenging. There are many things an executor needs to do in order to properly wind up an estate, with many duties and obligations with which they must comply. As a result, many people choose to appoint or instruct a solicitor to assist them with the administration of a loved one’s estate. In this article, we answer some of the questions you may have about working with a solicitor to wind up the estate of a loved one.
Last week marked the UK’s first “Tax Administration and Maintenance Day”, which came shortly after the Autumn Budget was presented. The day saw a series of tax policy updates and consultations published, all claiming to be geared towards the simplification and modernisation of the tax system.
In the digital age, social media is big business. Hundreds of thousands of people all over the world earn a living from social media accounts as ‘influencers’ or brand owners, and the accounts themselves accrue commercial value. However, the issue of whether a social media account can be passed on or inherited presents an entirely different set of circumstances than passing on other valuable assets. In this article, we look at how social media accounts may be passed on, and the steps you can take to protect these valuable assets.
Murray Beith Murray Partner, Andrew Paterson, writes in The Scotsman today. Read the full article below, republished by kind permission of The Scotsman.
