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Update Your Will Today – This is What Can Happen If You Don’t

Family relationships can become increasingly complex over time, particularly where marital breakdown intervenes, and that is why it is so important to keep your Will up to date.

High Court Aids Widow Left in Precarious Position by Husband’s Death

If someone on whom you depended for support has died without making reasonable financial provision for you, you should consult a solicitor without delay.

Trusts – Court Relieves Family of Severe Tax Consequences of Drafting Error

Trusts are complex legal instruments and any flaws in the wording of documents relating to them can have grave tax and other consequences.

Retired Farmer ‘Lacked Knowledge and Approval’ of his Final Will

If you are of sound mind when you make your will, the law presumes that you both know and approve of its contents.

Don’t Wait Until Sickness Strikes Before Making a Will

Making a will when you are close to death and without professional assistance is an effective means of fostering dispute between your loved ones after you are gone.

Clerical Errors in Your Will or Codicil Can Create Discord After You Are Gone

Even apparently obvious or trifling clerical errors in a will or codicil may provide fertile ground for dispute and that is why it is so important to have such documents drafted by a professional.

No Spouse, Child or Other Dependant? You Should Still Make a Will

If you have no spouse, child or other dependant you might think there is little point in making a will however this would be incorrect.

Racing Driver’s Inaccurate Will Leaves His Heirs with Unwelcome Headache

The task of administering your estate after your death will be made all the harder if your will is not drafted with the precision that only a professional can provide.