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Copyrights, patents, trademarks and more – all count as intellectual property and thus are assets that need to be considered when drawing up a will.

Among many other things, the past year has seen extensive debate on the issue of the rapidly developed vaccines for Covid-19, and their effects to try to halt the devastating spread of the disease.

The latest figures from house sales on the UK show that house prices have risen 8.9 percent in the last year, meaning that people will be liable for higher inheritance tax when they are left a property.

The Sun reported this week that a homeless woman who recently died alone in a shelter in the US missed out on a $900,000 inheritance.

A court in Los Angeles has been looking at the management of Britney Spears’ business and personal affairs, specifically in relation to the control her father has over them.

Inheritance matters often cause dispute, as we’re well aware here at Finders International, but sometimes they can escalate way out of control as a recent story in the International Business Times proved.

Certain groups of people (including unofficially adopted individuals and stepchildren) are missing out on the same inheritance rights as biological children, according to a recent feature article in the Metro.

New research has shown that financial advisers are expecting a boom in demand for advice about inheritance tax (IHT) planning.

With the popular entrepreneurial TV show Dragon’s Den back on the BBC this month, the Mirror looked at what will happen to the Dragons’ money when they die.

Here at Finders International, World War Two history is a subject close to our hearts because we so often stumble on it when researching the lives of those who have died without leaving a will.