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Although people are generally free to set the terms of trusts in any way they like, there is a growing body of legislation to protect beneficiaries or regulate the trust relationship, including the Trustee Act 1925, Trustee Investments Act 1961, Recognition of Trusts Act 1987, Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, Trustee Act 2000, Pensions ...
In the United Kingdom, inheritance tax is a transfer tax.It was introduced with effect from 18 March 1986, replacing capital transfer tax.The UK has the fourth highest inheritance tax rate in the world, according to conservative think tank, [1] the Tax Foundation, [2] though only a very small proportion of the population pays it. 3.7% of deaths recorded in the UK in the 2020-21 tax year ...
This is a list of National Trust properties in England, including any stately home, historic house, castle, abbey, museum or other property in the care of the National Trust in England. Bedfordshire [ edit ]
In the UK, a protective trust is a life interest that terminates upon the happening of a specified event; such as the bankruptcy of the beneficiary, or any attempt by an individual to dispose of their interest. They have become comparatively rare. In the US, a 'protective trust' is a type of trust that was devised for use in estate planning.
Tax as normal on creation (new ones can only be created by will, therefore taxed as part of the settlor's death estate). Trust becomes a relevant property trust (see below) upon the beneficiary attaining 18 (therefore a maximum exit charge of 7/10ths of 6% = 4.2% where the beneficiary becomes entitled at 25). Immediate post-death interest
Land law, or the law of "real" property, is the most significant area of property law that is typically compulsory on university courses. Although capital, often held in corporations and trusts, has displaced land as the dominant repository of social wealth, land law still determines the quality and cost of people's home life, where businesses and industry can be run, and where agriculture ...
A settlement is defined by s2(1) of the 1882 act as "any land or any estate or interest in land, which stands for the time being limited to or in trust for any persons by way of succession". Basically, whenever a document creates a succession of interests in land the Settled Land Acts will apply. Generally there must be an element of succession.
In English common law, fee tail or entail is a form of trust, established by deed or settlement, that restricts the sale or inheritance of an estate in real property and prevents that property from being sold, devised by will, or otherwise alienated by the tenant-in-possession, and instead causes it to pass automatically, by operation of law, to an heir determined by the settlement deed.