Wills articles
There seem to be an increasing number of “at home” or DIY Will Kits available – they are on the shelves of most stationary stores and some mortgage and life insurance companies even send one to new customers with their policies. So, what’s the harm in DIY Wills? Isn’t it just as good as using …
As you may be aware, HSBC sold their Wills and Probate business to a company called Simplify Channel Ltd in June. If you made a Will with HSBC, you may have appointed them as your Executors. If so, you will have received a letter from HSBC, asking you what you would like to do about …
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This week’s newspaper front pages have been full of stories regarding a Court of Appeal decision to ignore the terms of Melita Jackson’s Will and to make provision for her estranged daughter, Heather Ilott. This decision has gone entirely against what Melita Jackson put in her Will, as she had not wanted her daughter to benefit at …
As you can imagine, we get asked now and again whether it’s possible to leave money or property to pets in a Will. The short answer to this is ‘no, you can’t’. Well, not directly anyway. Gifts that you make in your Will must have an identifiable human beneficiary. But don’t despair! This doesn’t mean …
In a time when we are increasingly entrusting our lives to computers and the internet, the matter of what will happen to your digital assets when you die is something we all need to consider. Firstly, what are digital assets and why do you need to think about these now? Digital assets include any information …
Digital Assets – what happens to them when you die? Read More »
If your Will is not registered, we can register it for you – and in most cases, this is free of charge. As you are aware, writing a Will and regularly reviewing it is one of the most important things you can do for your loved ones. Therefore, ensuring that your family can find it …
From the 1 October 2014, the rules about what happens to your assets if you don’t leave a Will have changed. The rules, although they have been simplified, still mean that if you die without leaving a Will, your affairs may not be dealt with in accordance with your wishes. Briefly, if you die leaving a surviving …
There are a number of reasons why you might consider an outright gift to a child in your Will to be a bad idea. The child in question may be bad with money for instance, or they may have a drink or drug problem and you want to protect them from being exposed to the temptation of …
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There has been much written about the adequacy of Will writing services around the UK in the last 12 months. As a firm of solicitors authorised and regulated by the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority you can be confident that we will prepare a Will for you which is both in accordance with your wishes and legally …
The government has laid a draft statutory instrument before Parliament providing that conversion of a civil partnership to a same-sex marriage will not revoke, or affect any disposition in, a will made by a party to the civil partnership before the conversion. This fills a significant gap in the consequential provisions relating to the Marriage …
