SUCCESSION REGULATION – Which national law will apply?

This article explores how the Succession Regulation imposes one law to a succession involving an estate in Italy. The death of a person resident in a Member State leaving assets and heirs in more than one country, or with a nationality different from the place of residence, would have caused a headache for the Executors,

Expats right to vote in May 2015 UK Elections

Expats’ right to vote Harry Shindler MBE addressed the House of Commons on 2nd December 2014, on the issue of guaranteeing expats the right to vote after the Conservative Party pledged in their manifesto to abolish the 15 year rule if they are re-elected – this rule could affect millions of British citizens resident outside

Reform of the Italian Legal System

The title of the new law introducing reform of the legal system in Italy is “Urgent measures relating to jurisdiction and other instruments to reduce delay in the civil justice system“. (Law n. 132 of 12th September 2014).  Coming into force from January 2015, one aim of the law is to lighten the heavy workload of

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