In this article we will examine what you can do as a will writer once you have issued the final documents to your client.
In this article we will examine what you can do as a will writer once you have issued the final documents to your client.
In this article we look at some important considerations when producing your client's draft and final documents.
In this article we consider remote instruction taking along with some other common issues will writers may face.
In the first of a two-part series, we discussed making a claim under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975. In this second part, we will discuss the other way in which a person can make a claim against a deceased’s estate which is the issue of validity. For a Will to...
There are two ways that a person can make a claim against a deceased’s estate and this article explores the first.
We recently published an article addressing the increase of the statutory legacy under intestacy rules - let's look at some further updates.
In this article, we will discuss some of the common mistakes that people make with their estate planning.
Welcome to the fourth in a new series of articles from the SWW Technical Team; Common Questions in our Inbox. Following on from our look at property protection trusts, this instalment will be about one of the other common will trusts – discretionary trusts. A discretionary trust is a type of trust where the trustees are...
The UK government has laid a statutory instrument setting a new statutory legacy, increasing the existing sum of £270,000 to £322,000.
For this next instalment on four Common Questions series let’s talk about the property protection trust (PPT).