Three things your clients may call you about this week …

When family fortunes turn sour Soaring numbers of siblings, stepchildren and partners are contesting wills and inheritances in an effort to get their hands on family fortunes, according to this Sunday Times article, as "sky-high property prices, increasingly complex family trees and medical advances that help people to live much longer" fuel the rise in inheritance conflict. The number of disputes heard by the High Court has "rocketed" over the past decade, the piece notes, with one leading law firm seeing a 45% jump in cases. "The legal battles can be long and costly," it adds, highli...