Inheritance Law news


States votes to abolish forced heirship law

ISLANDERS will have greater power to leave property and assets to whom they wish after new inheritance legislation was approved by the States.


Lawyers urge States to rethink inheritance law

THE new inheritance law is a revolution that will replace certainty with doubt, according to a group of leading advocates.


New law is years away, but people are trying to change wills

MANY islanders wrongly think new inheritance laws mean they must change their wills immediately.


Advocate makes last-minute plea to preserve inheritance law

A LEADING advocate has urged deputies to reject plans to change Guernsey’s inheritance law.


Inheritance law: why change for change’s sake?

THE States should think long and hard before abandoning existing laws of inheritance, according to a leading advocate.


Inheritance law change will end discrimination

GUERNSEY’S ‘out-of-date’ inheritance laws will change from 7 May.


Overhaul of law is overdue

GUERNSEY'S outdated inheritance law could soon be brought into the 21st century.

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