A mobile home is a tricky area under succession law and this article takes a quick glance into dispensing of a mobile home by the Will.
A theme of Dying Matters Awareness Week, now seems a good time to think about what digital assets are in the context of estate planning.
If you have intellectual property of your own you should consider how you want to deal with and protect this after your death.
Sometimes, a gift is given by a person who contemplates that they may die soon. This is known as a “gift in contemplation of death”.
It is generally down to “who gets what” and the value of the estate which is involved in the decision making when contesting a Will.
We’re delighted to have been an exhibitor at The Society of Will Writers Annual Conference and to celebrate the Society’s 25th anniversary.
A recent ruling by the High Court determined that a claim brought by 3 sons for a share of their mother’s £1 million family home was unsuccessful.
Wills can get downright bizarre. Here’s a look at some odd bequests drawn both from our own personal experience and famous people’s well-known wishes.
When writing a will it’s important that you get your wishes down for who should be appointed as executors, trustees or guardians and how your estate should be distributed in a binding fashion.
In the majority of cases where a beneficiary dies before a testator and there is no substitute beneficiary named then the gift is invalid and fails.
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