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Writing a will does not have to be costly or time consuming. A professionally drafted will can offer financial safety and security to your loved ones, ensuring that your wishes are carried out after your death. It can also save a great deal of expense – significantly minimising the possibility of future disputes and achieving considerable savings in Inheritance Tax.

Our specialist team of Wills and Probate lawyers provide impartial and independent advice covering a range of services including:

  • Court of Protection
  • Estates
  • Intestacy
  • Lasting Powers of Attorney
  • Trusts

If you’re looking for legal advice on any aspect of making, amending or challenging a will, take a look at some of the questions our lawyers have already answered to help you along the way.

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Wills and Probate Questions

I want to pursue an inheritance from my late mother’s will, which divides everything between me and my sister. My uncle left £40,000 and his house, but 17 years ago my sister gave me just £9,000. I would like to leave something for my son.

I had a will drawn up by a solicitor, but am in the dark about probate fees. Where and when will I have to pay these, and how much is it likely to cost? I have a small house, a car and a small amount of cash.

My nephew died without making a will. He wasn’t married and had no children, so his estate went to his widowed mother (my sister). Unfortunately she also died before letters of administration had been applied for. Will my nephew’s estate be added to his mother’s estate?

I’m executor of my cousin’s will. She wanted her money to go to a charity, and I sent them £12,000. Now I’ve had a demand from the Recovery of Estates asking for the return of more than £21,000 they say she wasn’t entitled to.

My wife and I both made wills a few years ago leaving everything to our son, stating his address. He and his family have now moved to Canada. Do we need to alter our wills to change his address?

My wife and I both made wills with a firm of solicitors. We kept one copy and the solicitors kept the other. We’ve now discovered that the firm has gone out of business. Are our wills still legal? Our sons are named as executors.

What do I need to do to remove a condition from my will? Do I have to go to a solicitor, or can I just cross it out?

Can someone who is acting as power of attorney for someone refuse to allow the person they are acting for to change their will on cost grounds, and can they be removed if it can be shown they are acting in their own interest?

Please can you advise as to how to put in place a new trustee when the prior trustee has died? I do not know much about the form of the trust except that the trust income is to go to one individual until her death and then the lump sum reverts to the individual’s brother and his family.

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