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LEAH HAMILTON
Dying without a Will, and the Law of Intestacy
I think we all know that dying without a Will is not a good idea but do we really know why? Most people think of the potential financial hardships but there are more emotional and emotive reasons also. Let’s start with what happens if you die...
Help! I don’t know anyone to be my Executor
Very often my clients nominate family members or close friends to be the executor and hence trustee within their Will. However, some people are not that lucky or able. This doesn’t happen often but I do get clients who have no one to be their...
Do I need to put my house into Trust?
Many clients come to me as they feel they need to put their house into trust – often “as a priority”. Others ask me to advise their elderly relatives regarding their properties. This is a specialised area that needs to be viewed on a...
Do I need to change my Enduring Powers of Attorney to Lasting Powers of Attorney?
We have been helping our clients for over 21 years, which includes a time when Enduring Powers of Attorney (EPAs) were the only tool we had to assist should we lose our mental capacity. We wrote many EPAs pre-2007, which is when the law changed,...
Do I need Business Lasting Powers of Attorney?
Before I answer that, I feel we should ask a different question and that is “do I need a Lasting Power of Attorney at all?” That one is simple to answer and that is “YES OF COURSE!”. Mentally incapacity is so often just thought of as dementia and...
Planning for your business after your death
I hear people using the term “Business Will” on a frequent basis, inferring there is a separate document for your business at your death. However, a Business Will is a Will that recognises the existence of the business in the assets of the...
Administering an Estate
No one wants to think about death. Not their own death, nor especially that of a beloved family member or friend. We help our clients to prepare themselves both practically and mentally, and in some cases emotionally, for that inevitable moment. It...
Single sex couples
In our 20 years of helping clients, we have written many Wills for single sex couples. I have been asked to write blogs and other articles regarding planning for single sex couples many times and each time I have struggled. So, I decided that as...
Would you give to charity in your Will?
There are more than 185,000 registered charities in the UK and the number is growing by 5,000 per year. Those charities vary from medical research, hospitals, children’s welfare, animal welfare, military veterans, air ambulance, universities,...
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