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Want to protect your family? Of course, you do… Us humans, we’re pretty much hardwired to protect the things we love. We have an inbuilt primal command to guard anyone and anything that is [...]

Why we all need to think about end of life planning… I know none of us are actually PLANNING to die but… at some point it’s going to have to happen. So, you might as well make [...]

The two overarching reasons to write your Will is to 1, retain control of your assets and 2, protect your family. So why then have the majority of UK Adults not actually done it? In fact there [...]

We all know that if we died without a Will our estate will be shared out in accordance with the Governments prescribed rules of intestacy. But, in reality what does that really mean? If you are [...]

From the inclusion of obsolete trusts to inadvertently leaving the majority of your estate to charity, an out of date Will can cause as many problems as not having one at all. Out of date Will vs [...]

For all Estates with a value of over £5,000 probate charges have been set at a flat rate of £215. However, this may soon be a thing of the past. Government plans announced last week could see the [...]

If you’ve already written your Will. Well done! It’s something that lingers on a ‘to do’ list for years, but actually when push comes to shove it was probably far easier than you thought it [...]

We recently wrote about the new rules for property inheritance that were announced during the summer budget. The new residence nil-rate band (RNRB) , will be phased in from 2017-2021 will reduce [...]

New rules for property inheritance means more of the value of your home can be left to your children tax-free. Following the Tory election pledge to take most family homes out of inheritance tax [...]