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Insights & Updates

Title Research 17/03/2026 Title Research 17/03/2026

Dorant v Dorant: What missing fathers on birth certificates mean for intestacy

Title Research 16/01/2026 Title Research 16/01/2026

Bona Vacantia list reinstated: How this impacts the genealogy industry

Title Research 22/12/2025 Title Research 22/12/2025

2025 in review: Tax reform, genealogy insights, and global estates

Title Research 16/07/2025 Title Research 16/07/2025

The removal of the Bona Vacantia list: Inheritance fraud exposed

Title Research 19/05/2025 Title Research 19/05/2025

Liam Payne’s intestacy: A tragic reminder of why estate planning matters

Simon Barber, Technical Author at Title Research 14/01/2025 Simon Barber, Technical Author at Title Research 14/01/2025

Storage of historic Wills secured after public outcry

Title Research 28/10/2024 Title Research 28/10/2024

The impact of a U.S. Government shutdown on asset repatriation

Title Research 06/06/2019 Title Research 06/06/2019

20 years on from Evans v Westcombe: What it taught us about missing beneficiary insurance

Title Research 17/04/2019 Title Research 17/04/2019

How Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox impacts shareholders

Title Research 11/07/2018 Title Research 11/07/2018

How the Dr Pepper Snapple merger with Keurig Green Mountain affects shareholdings

Title Research 11/03/2017 Title Research 11/03/2017

Genealogy and the Data Protection Act

Title Research 10/03/2017 Title Research 10/03/2017

A recent example of how adoption can impact genealogical research

Title Research 06/03/2017 Title Research 06/03/2017

A third of parents are unwilling to leave an inheritance to their married children

Title Research 12/02/2017 Title Research 12/02/2017

Rise in public awareness sees more LPAs granted

Title Research 10/02/2017 Title Research 10/02/2017

A ‘phenomenal’ number of estates in the North East remain unclaimed