Category: Wills, Estates and Trusts
- Wills, Estates and Trusts
Deputyship – New guidelines issued
The Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) have updated the existing Deputy Standards and these are applicable to all individuals who have been ...
- Wills, Estates and Trusts
Choosing the right Attorney is so important!
It’s the start of a New Year and creating Lasting Powers of Attorney may be on your ‘To Do’ List – which is great, but have you thought about ...
- Wills, Estates and Trusts
Co-habiting and the importance of Wills
More weddings than ever are taking place after the pandemic saw many cancelled but what happens if the unthinkable occurs and one of you passes away ...
- Wills, Estates and Trusts
Dementia
Our Dementia Choir with Vicky McClure recently screened on the BBC has certainly taken us on a journey in terms of learning about dementia and living ...
- Wills, Estates and Trusts
Update your Will!
It is often the case that a Will is prepared, put away and forgotten about. However, it is of the up most importance to keep such a document under ...
- Wills, Estates and Trusts
Modernising the Power of Attorney system
The BBC recently reported that Ministers plan to overhaul the legal process where individuals appoint someone to make decisions on their behalf in ...
- Wills, Estates and Trusts
Co-habiting and the importance of Wills
Lots of Weddings have been called off and postponed due to the pandemic but what happens if the unthinkable occurs and one of you passes away without ...
- Wills, Estates and Trusts
Common Problems With DIY Probate
If you have been appointed an Executor, or if the deceased died intestate, an Administrator, the process of obtaining Probate may seem, at first ...
- Family Law
- Wills, Estates and Trusts
Home-Made Wills Save Money – Oh No They Don’t!
Home-made wills, executed without legal advice, are an exceedingly bad idea and if there was ever a case which proved the point it must be that of a ...
- Civil Litigation
- Wills, Estates and Trusts
High Court Bends Over Backwards to Resolve Family Will Dispute
Newspaper columns are full of legal cases with crushing costs of litigation and it is easy to lose sight of the fact that it is the role of judges to ...