Private Client Issues – July 2021

Welcome to this month’s edition of Private Client Issues, Blake Morgan’s monthly round-up of the topics you may find of interest. It features insight and advice on developments affecting private individuals.

As the UK continues its cautious approach to re-opening, we are focussed on providing you with a high-quality service, while working to keep our staff, clients and contacts safe. Our offices are all open but with reduced capacity to enable social distancing to be maintained. This means employees continue to work from home, but can attend the office where there is a business need. We remain happy to meet with you virtually, or in person where this is necessary and can be done in accordance with Government guidelines. We are really proud of the way that our staff have risen to the challenge without impacting the service we provide.

Digital assets and key points to consider when drafting your Will

What are digital assets that could feature in your Will? We look at digital assets, including crypto-currency and subscription accounts, to let you know the key points to consider when drafting your Will.

Read more about digital assets.

What happens to my social media when I’m gone?

Social media accounts, including services such as Facebook, Instagram, Tick Tock and any other social media platform you can think of, are a type of digital asset. Our experts explore this and what you should consider when drafting a Will.

Read more about social media and your Will.

How brand owners can protect their business

As a small business owner or entrepreneur, it is crucial to understand how to protect your brand. We look at the greater emphasis put on reputation and what you can do to protect the reputation of your brand in a trade mark dispute.

Read more on brand protection.

What is an NFT?

Zoë Roth, better known by the internet as “Disaster Girl”, has sold the original copy of her meme as an NFT (non-fungible token) for $500,000. This poses the question of what is an NFT?

Read more about non-fungible tokens.

Creating high performing teams – are you a balanced leader?

Leadership is all about behaviour. That message came across loud and clear from the fascinating webinar that Blake Morgan hosted with Roderic Yapp.

Read more about leadership skills.

Successfully representing professionals

We look at a case that involved historic audit complaints but managed to avoid exclusion for our client.

Read more from our Accountants Defence team.

If you are impacted by any of the above topics or you would like further information on how we can help you, please contact your usual Blake Morgan adviser.