Here is a small sample of articles. Except where stated, these have been written by Geoffrey Shindler and other members of our team of trust and estates experts. They are in Adobe Acrobat format - if you do not have Adobe Reader installed on your PC, please download it free of charge from the Adobe website. You will then be able to read any of the articles set out below by simply clicking on any of the titles.
Clearing up a Mystery.pdf [204kb]
Aug 23, 2010
Geoffrey Shindler ponders the contradictions in the current system of investing as a trustee in his editorial for the Trusts & Estates Law & Tax Journal for September 2010
Are you being served.pdf [178kb]
Jul 16, 2010
Geoffrey Shindler predicts disturbing consequences for the Legal Services Act in his editorial for the July/August 2010 edition of Trusts & Estates Law & Tax Journal
End of the World News.pdf [186kb]
Jun 02, 2010
Geoffrey Shindler takes the long view on our current calamitous economic position in his June editorial for Trusts & Estates Law & Tax Journal
Regulation and a civilised society.pdf [156kb]
Mar 26, 2010
Regulation and a civilised society - Geoffrey Shindler in his April 2010 article for Trusts & Estates Law & Tax Journal fears the growing powers and costs of the regulators
Gaines-Cooper - Davies and James - Note (2).pdf [40kb]
Mar 15, 2010
Important information on tax residency by Roger Lane-Smith - March 2010
Songs of experience.pdf [153kb]
Feb 24, 2010
Harkennig back to the Poor Law Act 1601, Geoffrey Shindler finds that the modern grandparent's lot is not a happy one. Geoffrey Shindler's editorial for the March 2010 issue of Trusts & Estates Law & Tax Journal.
The shape of things to come.pdf [218kb]
Feb 02, 2010
Geoffrey Shindler attempts to make some new year's predictions in an uncertain world in his article for Trusts & Estates Law & Tax Journal for January/February 2010
The nightmare before Christmas.pdf [156kb]
Dec 02, 2009
Geoffrey Shindler sums up the year's biggest bugbears in his editorial for the December issue of Trusts & Estates Law & Tax Journal.
Why Charity begins in the Courtroom.pdf [218kb]
Nov 03, 2009
Geoffrey Shindler challenges the attitude of charities towards litigation in his editorial for the Trusts & Estates Law & Tax Journal for November 2009
The Private Client Book Club.pdf [178kb]
Sep 09, 2009
Geoffrey Shindler in his editorial for September 2009 Trusts & Estates Law & Tax Journal, relishes the opportunities which trusts and estates practice presents for dealing with real human issues
Husband denied share of wife's fortune.pdf [38kb]
Aug 18, 2009
An article by Suzanne Beckett
Publications by Martyn Frost.pdf [25kb]
Aug 18, 2009
A list of publications by Martyn Frost
Is an intended lifetime gift by way of cheque valid .......pdf [60kb]
Aug 14, 2009
The question which this article seeks to address is perhaps best illustrated by the facts of the following hypothetical case - an article by Christopher Parker
A quiz for couples.pdf [31kb]
Aug 03, 2009
A quiz for couples - an article by Eleanor Shipway
Help when somebody dies.pdf [50kb]
Aug 03, 2009
Help when somebody dies... - an article by Colette Gill
A Question of Trust.pdf [40kb]
Aug 03, 2009
A Question of Trust - article by Paul Davies
Flying a ragged flag.pdf [153kb]
Jul 29, 2009
Geoffrey Shindler worries about the state of the nation in his editorial in the July/August 2009 issue of Trusts & Estates Law & Tax Journal.
The Law of Unintended Consequences.pdf [25kb]
Jul 03, 2009
Look as diligently as you can but you will not find a statutory reference to one of the most important laws that affect us - the law of unintended consequences. How often have statutory good intentions been thwarted by consequences not thought about at the time the new law was enacted. First published in January 2009 on www.lawskills.co.uk.
Your Will and the credit crunch.pdf [25kb]
Jul 03, 2009
What to do now
Banking Crisis - Approach to Regulation.pdf [41kb]
Jul 03, 2009
A recent tabloid newspaper, but one of the highest repute and a paper of record, contained, in one issue, two articles on the current problems which our world faces namely the banking crisis and its consequences. Article first published in March 2009 by www.lawskills.co.uk.
Trustee Investment.pdf [44kb]
Jul 03, 2009
What trustees must do and what they have to avoid
Banking Secrecy and Switzerland.pdf [53kb]
Jul 03, 2009
What the new Swiss rules mean in practice
Cast out the mote.pdf [173kb]
Jul 03, 2009
Geoffrey Shindler highlights the conflict between following the strict letter of rules or the law and conscience or morality
Decline and fall.pdf [199kb]
Jun 11, 2009
Geoffrey Shindler bemoans the ineptness of banks, registrars and insurance companies, and the effects of their shortcomings on probate practitioners in his editorial for the May 2009 edition of Trusts & Estates Law & Tax Journal
Time for a Cash Economy.pdf [178kb]
May 21, 2009
The banking crisis will precipitate more regulative obstruction for trust professionals, predicts Geoffrey Shindler in his editorial for the April 2009 issue of the Trusts and Estates Law and Tax Journal.
One rule for all.pdf [213kb]
Mar 23, 2009
Geoffrey Shindler ponders hypocrisy, regulation and
cowboy practitioners, in his article for the March 2009 issue of the Trusts and Estates Law and Tax Journal.
Shaking down the finances.pdf [314kb]
Mar 23, 2009
Geoffrey Shindler foresees a shift in investment priorities
to focus on the present generation, in his article for the January/February 2009 issue of the Trusts and Estates Law and Tax Journal.
Where there’s no will.pdf [106kb]
Mar 23, 2009
In the season of good will, Geoffrey Shindler asks practitioners
to take to the streets against intestacy in his editorial for the December 2008 issue of the Trusts and Estates Law and Tax Journal.
Living through history.pdf [78kb]
Mar 23, 2009
Geoffrey Shindler wonders how the financial crisis will play out
– and why the investment advisers seem to emerge unscathed, in his editorial for the November 2008 issue of the Trusts and Estates Law and Tax Journal.
Paranoia costs too much.pdf [59kb]
Mar 23, 2009
In his Editorial for the September 2008 edition of the Trusts and Estates Law and Tax Journal, Geoffrey Shindler counts the cost of Anti-Money Laundering compliance.
