Wills & Inheritance

24 Aug 2017

Offshore investing: No freedom of succession in Mauritius

By Janice Roberts

South Africa practices freedom of succession (subject to certain exclusions) and South African residents are, in essence, free to bequeath their assets to whoever they please. “A number of countries do not have this freedom of succession and they apply forced succession. – such as Mauritius,” says Gordon Stuart, Director of Accuro’s Mauritius office. He was...

24 Aug 2017

Offshore investing: One Will or two?

By Janice Roberts

South African fiduciary practitioners regularly find that their clients or estates have an international element, says Oliver Phipps of Lester Aldridge Solicitors in the United Kingdom.  He was speaking at the 7th Annual FISA Conference in Sandton today.

21 Jun 2017

What happens when you die without a Will?

By Janice Roberts

When a person passes on without a Will, they forfeit the privilege of deciding what should happen to their estate and the estate gets allocated in terms of pre-determined legislated guidelines, known as Intestate Succession. In other words, that person has no say in how the estate should be apportioned.