The main questions in inheritance planning are: - to whom? - how much? - when? In order to plan you need tools. The most common tools in...

Last week I wrote about how your place of residence decides applicable law. I also mentioned that when it comes to certain specific legal...

Last week I wrote about how a person by moving to another State can decide where he/she is taxresident. But just because a person has...

Equality is a fundamental principle of taxation. Taxation must be carried out in such a way that the tax burden is imposed equally on all...

According to Statistics Finland a cohabiting couple means: "A cohabiting couple is defined as two spouseless adults of different sex aged...

And the day has finally arrived when I get to order a European Certificate of Succession in one of my cases! I have been waiting for a...

I have just come home from the annual conference on European family law in Trier, Germany. We have discussed and debated everything from...

New EU rules to ease cross-border successions applicable to the succession of persons who die on or after 17 August 2015! This is music...

Under the Finnish code of succession (40/1965) it is possible to make a will in favor of anyone alive, but the direct descendants always...

I come across persons with common law trust funds in my work more and more often. People who have put a great deal of time and effort in...