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This week’s sad and untimely passing of Sean Hughes has seen many tributes published both online and in the press. Many have taken to social media to share their thoughts – both [...]

Leaving a Charity Legacy in your Will is often considered the preserve of the rich and famous. However, Charitable legacies represent a huge chunk of change for charities in the UK. With some [...]

Will mistakes, as costly as having no Will at all? Writing your Will is incredibly important – we all know that. So important that around two-thirds of the UK population have yet to get around to [...]

Current Will terminology has been in use for almost 200 years and is littered with old fashioned terms, confusing legalese and exotic sounding Latin phrases. Which sounds all very serious and [...]

Will Law – the rules and regulations the govern the writing of Wills in the UK and Scotland were established in 1823. After almost 200 years in practice is it now time to radically review current [...]

It now costs less to register your Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) or Enduring Power of Attorney (EPA). As of 1st April 2017, the fees applying to LPA registration have been reduced from £110 to [...]

Death, admin, and the intestate estate. Or, why dying without a Will can be a massive headache. We’re always going on about how important it is to write a Will (well we would, wouldn’t we).  But [...]

Or…. Weird Wills of the rich(ish) and famous(ish)…. Writing your Will is a serious business, right? It details how you wish your estate to be distributed. Who benefits and, by how much. BUT why [...]

Following the announcement of the snap general election, the Government has put their plans to increase probate fees on hold. With many hoping that this paves the way for the plans to be scrapped [...]

According to the Ministry of Justice’s announcement earlier in the year, the proposed Probate Fee increase is set to come into play next month, May 2017. Currently, probate is charged at a flat [...]