If a member of staff turned up to work having drunk two glasses of wine, you would probably have a quiet word. If they turned up on five hours' sleep for the third night running, you would probably say nothing at all — and yet the research on sleep deprivation...
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TLDR: Delay Can Kill a Will Challenge
Two 2025/2026 High Court cases — Stephenson v Daley and Bowerman v Bowerman — confirm that waiting too long to challenge a Will can be fatal to the claim, even where the underlying argument might otherwise have some merit. In Stephenson v Daley, sons who challenged...
Pensions and Inheritance Tax from April 2027: What to Check in the Next Eighteen Months
From 6 April 2027, unused pension funds and most death benefits will be brought into the value of your estate for Inheritance Tax purposes. This is a legislated change, not a proposal, and it is still some way off — which is exactly why now is the right time to look...
TLDR: Sleep as a Business Asset
Short sleep does not stay confined to the bedroom. It blunts judgement, skews risk appetite, shortens the fuse, and quietly erodes memory — and for a business owner, all four show up directly in the business, as snap decisions, avoidable friction with staff, and the...
When Waiting Too Long Costs You the Claim: Laches in Will Disputes
Two High Court decisions handed down within a few months of each other have sent a clear signal to anyone thinking about challenging a Will: if you wait too long, the court may refuse to hear you at all, however strong your case might once have been. The lead...
TLDR: Seven Weeks to the Budget
The Autumn Budget is on 28 October 2026, and the run-up brings the usual wave of speculation about further changes to Business Relief and Agricultural Property Relief on top of the £2.5 million cap already coming in from April 2026. That speculation is not fact, and...
TLDR: Pensions Come Into Inheritance Tax From April 2027
From 6 April 2027, unused pension funds and most death benefits will count towards the value of your estate for Inheritance Tax, with pension scheme administrators working alongside your personal representatives to settle the tax due. Income tax treatment on death...
TLDR: Right to Work Checks Widen From 1 October 2026
From 1 October 2026, right to work obligations are expected to widen beyond direct employees to cover contractors, agency workers, casual staff and outsourced services — with liability extending through labour supply chains, so you can be exposed even without a direct...
Seven Weeks to the Budget: What to Do Before 28 October
The Autumn Budget lands on 28 October 2026. In the run-up to any Budget, we see the same pattern among business owners and property investors — a flurry of calls asking whether they should restructure everything now, before the Chancellor stands up. Almost always, the...
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