Articles by ‘Deanna Hurst’

A new report has revealed that an overwhelming majority of adults have not made the necessary provisions for old age.

Two leading charities have confirmed they intend to merge, creating the UK’s largest youth support agency. YouthNet and Get Connected announced the proposed merger earlier this month and said the move would allow them…

Charities must be completely clear of their obligations under privacy and communications laws, the Information Commissioner has said. Christopher Graham told MPs that he had previously had to write to several charitable organisations to…

At the beginning of this month (October 2014), new legislation was introduced, which, among other things, aimed to simplify the rules -regarding ‘who inherits what if you die without a Will’ (intestacy rules). These changes included simplifying the rights of the surviving spouse.

A children’s charity is set to benefit from raffle proceeds raised at a charity quiz night.

The weekend press reports highlighted that one likely effect of the recovering economy and rise in house prices will be to increase by a third the number of families potentially facing an inheritance tax (IHT) bill. The current IHT threshold of £325,000 was originally set in April 2009, where it is expected to stay until 2019. While it is difficult to avoid IHT altogether, its impact can be eased by following some basic rules.

The key points emerging from the Chancellor’s statement today are as follows:

Royds charity clients went five rounds (of quiz questions) with each other on Thursday 3rd November when we held our second annual charity quiz, this time at Society close to our offices.

An article entitled “Families just £1 richer than in 2004” in today’s City AM newspaper caught my eye. It was reporting on a Westminster Think Tank presentation today that shows the average household’s weekly income measured £682 in 2004-2005 and just £683 in 2009-10 in numbers adjusted for inflation. Sir Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, suggested in the article that we are presently experiencing the biggest income squeeze on families since the 1920s.

Great fun was had by some of Royds’ charity clients, our partners and other lawyers from various departments on the 4th November when we held a quiz evening and charity raffle at a local wine bar. Teams included the Royal Society of Musicians, Action for Children, Artists Studio, Clydesdale, West London Synagogue, and Ndoro Children’s Charity.

Deanna Hurst attended a lunch time reception today where guests heard all about the work of Children’s Hospices UK, which is the national body supporting the work of the 45 individual children’s hospices around the UK.