Annual Garden Party 2015

An exciting date in the Garden House calendar is nearly here!  Our annual Garden Party to raise funds for and awareness of the Alzheimer's Society will be held at Garden House on 3rd July 2015 between 1pm and 5pm.





Article by Julie Retallick

Drinks and luncheon will be served from 1pm.   Fingers crossed, the sun will shine for us as it has done every year so far!  

If you fancy a glass of Pimms or a chilled Prosecco and the chance to buy raffle tickets to help raise funds for people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and their families, please join us. 

We are delighted to announce that the Deputy Mayor, Peter Ruffles and Patricia Moore, the Head of East Herts will be joining us as will the local press.   The Garden Party will be a fabulous chance to meet old and new friends and catch up as well as being a great networking opportunity.



Garden Party 2013

The team at Garden House are personally calling into local businesses asking them to donate raffle prizes and, as usual, they are being very generous.  

Last year we raised over £1,144.00 for the charity and we aim to better that this year with your help.



Garden Party 2013



We look forward to seeing you but if you are unable to attend and would like to donate a raffle prize please call into the office or phone 01992 422128 and ask to speak to Julie who will arrange collection of the prize from you. 



If you would like to attend the Garden Party please call Julie on 01992 422128 or email her at julie@ghslaw.co.uk and ask her to add your name to the guest list; when emailing please remember to advise if you have any special dietary requirements.

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Making substantial gifts to children: How this might affect their inheritance

Article by Chris Lucas

You may be interested to know that if you make a particular type of gift to one or more of your children during your lifetime, this could affect your children’s inheritance under the terms of your will.

The type of gift referred to here is known as a ‘portion’. A portion can be described as a substantial gift (usually of money) from a parent to a child which is made with the intention of establishing the child in life or making permanent provision for them.

A typical example of a portion would be giving one of your children a sum of money to be used as a deposit towards buying their first home. Whatever the gift might be, the key requirements for it to be considered a portion are as follows:

1. The gift must be from a parent (or a person acting in loco parentis i.e. someone who has assumed parental responsibility) to a child.
2. The gift must be substantial in value - what ‘substantial’ means will depend on the circumstances and can be open to interpretation, but generally speaking, any gift of £20,000 or more is most likely to be considered substantial.
3. The gift must have the effect of establishing the child in life or making permanent provision for them e.g. deposit for a first home or sum of money to enable the child to start up their own business.

If you have already made a will, then it is important to be aware of the potential effect of portions when you subsequently pass away. Essentially, any portions made during your lifetime after you have made your will can have the effect of ‘satisfying’ legacies left to your children under the terms of your will. This is known as the presumption against double portions.

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