Do I need a solicitor to update my will after life changes?
Major life events such as marriage, divorce, new children or buying property can affect your estate planning. This guide explains when updating a will becomes important and how reviewing your will ensures your wishes remain clear and legally effective.
What Happens to Your Digital Assets When You Die?
Digital assets like social media, emails, and cryptocurrencies form part of your estate. Learn how to protect and manage them after death by keeping records, appointing digital executors, and including clear wishes in your will.
Protect Your Family: The Importance of a Regulated Will Advisor
Ensure your Will is legally sound with Nantes Solicitors in Dorset. Avoid costly mistakes from DIY Will kits by choosing a regulated advisor for clear, expert advice that protects your family and assets.
How Lifetime Gifts Impact Inheritance Tax: Key Tips & Allowances
Learn about the key considerations for making lifetime gifts and how they impact inheritance tax. Understand exemptions, allowances and strategies to optimise your estate planning effectively.
Should I leave a charitable gift in my will?
Considering a charitable gift in your will? Learn how legacies and shares of your estate can benefit both your favorite causes and your tax planning.
Understanding the Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA)
This guide explains the Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA), including its types, attorney obligations, and decision-making considerations under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, prioritising the donor’s best interests.
Inheritance tax: Understanding Nil-Rate Bands
Discover how the Nil Rate Band and Transferable Nil Rate Band can significantly impact your inheritance planning, potentially shielding a larger portion of your estate from hefty taxes.
Wills & Probate: Why Do I Need A Will?
This article explores the vital importance of making a will to ensure that your inheritance is distributed in accordance with your precise wishes after death. It explains how intestacy regulations work and the limits they impose on non-traditional family structures or planned legacies outside immediate family lines.
Widow wins High Court battle despite being written out of Will
Very recently, in the case of Kaur v Estate of Karnail Singh & Ors [2023] EWHC 304 (Fam), it was ruled that ‘reasonable provision’ was not made for an 83-year-old widow, ‘left with next to nothing’.
Do I need to make a Will? Yes, you probably do!
We often see clients, young and old, facing complex situations, stress and inflated Inheritance Tax bills at a time when they are emotionally at their lowest having lost their loved ones, all because no Will was made.