Blackadder actress Patsy Byrne, who most will know as Nursie in the second series of the show, died in June last year and left over £1.5 million to her five step-daughters – but the interesting nature of this story emerged only recently, as it was revealed that she left around £900,000 solely to her fifth step-daughter for her to distribute between family and friends as she saw fit.

Another week and we have found another story regarding malicious behaviour from an individual in relation to inheritance – this time courtesy of the Plymouth Herald. According to the article, a local councillor has been forced to stand down after admitting to defrauding her own brother – who is also disabled – out of his inheritance.

An interesting story has been in the news this week that concerns land-owning families and how they can continue to have control of their land after death, thanks to assistance from conservation organisations.

There seems to be an abundance of stories out there at the moment regarding individuals paying the price for avoiding their inheritance tax (IHT) bills. This is possibly because all eyes are on the government at the moment with the Budget 2015 having been recently announced and the general election looming.

We occasionally come across stories in the news relating to high profile artworks and artefacts that have been left to public bodies in high-profile wills, but the latest news relates to artwork owned by the late Lucian Freud that has been left to various UK galleries in lieu of inheritance tax (IHT), The Art Newspaper reports.

We came across this article in The Telegraph; it draws attention to the contentious issue of inheritance tax (IHT) and the upcoming general election. David Cameron and the Conservative Party have been discussing increasing the IHT tax-free threshold from £650,000 for a married couple to a staggering £1 million, and there have even been discussions regarding abandoning the tax completely.

We came across this story in the Birmingham Post a few days ago and, due to its landmark status as an inheritance case, thought we'd share with you some of the details. The case involved the partner of Ms Elizabeth Walker – a noted ecologist – fighting a legal challenge presented by her daughters regarding what he had inherited in her will.

With the changes to pensions coming up very soon (Chancellor George Osborne announced the changes last year, but they are due to come into effect on April 6 of this year), we thought it best to start discussing the changes and what that means for some of us.

We’re sure you were as equally shocked as we were to hear about this case today. Stuart Herd’s widowed father, William, remarried at 67. His son Stuart was delighted as he’d feared his father would live out the rest of his days alone, after the death of his wife, Freda, in 1986.