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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

My grandmother has five remaining relatives: her younger brother, her daughter-in-law, her son-in-law and two grandchildren. Who is her legal next of kin?

I bought a DIY will at a stationers, filled it in and signed it and had it witnessed by two reliable persons. Will this be valid? Does it have to be opened by someone special after you die? I keep it at home but my family knows about it.

My former son-in-law re-married after divorcing my daughter. He has now died without leaving a will, and it seems that his step-family will inherit his money while his two daughters from his first marriage will get nothing. Will they have any claim on his estate?

I want to give some valuable personal items to my two sons so they don’’t have to pay inheritance tax on them, however I don’’t really want the boys to have the items before I die, so is it possible to give them away and then “borrow” them back?

My wife and I are thinking of giving our house to our daughter in case one of us has to go into a home at some point. I am concerned that, should our daughter get divorced, her husband may be entitled to half our property and we would be left homeless.

I own 70 acres of land which I rent out. Because I do not farm it myself, is the land subject to inheritance tax? And if so, is there anything I can do about it? Who is best to advise me, a solicitor or an accountant?

My wife and I are giving our house to our two children on the understanding that we can live here to the end of our days but I’’m told that if either or both of us have to go into a nursing home the children would be held responsible for the charges involved. Is this correct, and if so can it be avoided?

When my husband died he didn’’t leave a will so the money was left in trust, part to me and part to the children. The children are now grown up, so we were wondering whether the trust can now either be put into their name or at least allow them access to some of the capital.

My wife suffers from Alzheimer’s Disease and is now unable to do anything for herself. She has an endowment policy which is due to mature shortly and we also have some money in a joint account. I am worried that my son may have a terrible muddle to sort out.

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