In this video, Wills and Tax Specialist Lee Young looks at the different types of LPAs, whether you need one and what to include.
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In this video, Wills and Tax Expert Lauren Smallwood describes what intestacy is, how it works and the risks of not having a Will in place.
In this video, Specialist Solicitor Lee Young details everything you need to know about declaration of trusts and what they do before you get one!
In this article, Trainee Solicitor Sevil Yildirim aims to clear up any confusion by sketching out exactly what happens to a Will after divorce, whether its invalidated and if you need to make a new one.
In her latest article, Wills & Tax Executive Rhiannon Stevinson outlines how a business can be left in your Will.
In this article, Wills & Tax Executive Rhiannon Stevinson outlines what an LPA is, why they’re so popular and whether you need a lawyer to draft one.
In her first article for the firm, Wills & Tax Executive Rhiannon Stevinson outlines what a Will is, why you need one and what happens if you don’t have one in place when you die.
We often get questions from clients regarding Legacy Giving (leaving money to charity in a Will).
In his first article, Wills & Tax Partner James Hammersley answers some of these questions.
As a parent, you’ll want to make sure that your children will be well looked after and cared for after your death.
In this article, Wills & Tax Partner Lee Young discusses how you can ensure that this is the case and that your children are taken care of according to your wishes.
As a parent, you’ll want to make sure that your children will be well looked after and cared for after your death.
In this article, Wills & Tax Partner Lee Young discusses how you can ensure that this is the case and that your children are taken care of according to your wishes.
Keeping your Will Up To Date Every year, Solicitors for the Elderly (SFE) hold 'Update Your Will Week'. Recent research from the organisation reveals that 47% of people haven’t updated their Will in more than five years. This means nearly...
In this article, Wills & Tax Partner Lee Young outlines what happens to your estate if you die without a will. Lee looks at various scenarios and discusses what would happen to your assets if intestacy rules were followed.
Following the introduction of the EU's Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive, the UK government is committed to compiling a complete list of express trusts in the country.
Wills & Tax Partner Lee Young provides everything you need to know about HMRC's Trust Registration System in this article guide.
Michelle Hayter is a partner and head of Frettens' specialist dispute resolution team . A specialist in dealing with contentious wills and probate , she is recommended in the Legal 500 , an independent guide to the legal sector, for her work...
Can you contest a will? Michelle Hayter talks about grounds for contesting a will, how long you have to contest a will, and who pays for contesting a will? Also whether you can contest a will after probate, and recommended solicitors for contesting a will in Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch.
Current application fees When a loved one passes away, one of the key steps in administering their estate is making an application for Probate. This application currently has a court fee as follows: 1. The estate is worth less than £5,000 ...
How does care home funding work? Who pays for residential care? How much does a care home cost? Lee Young, partner and solicitor from our Ringwood office, provides an introduction care funding.
If you've owned your home for a number of years, it's likely that you have built up significant equity in it. To release a portion of this wealth downsizing is one option, but equity release enables you to release a tax-free lump sum, without having...
When someone dies, they leave behind an ‘estate’. Their estate is formed from all their money, assets, property, possessions, debts, and liabilities. As you might imagine, bringing together and valuing all these different items can be a...
Neighbour problems, such as boundary disputes, can be notoriously difficult and expensive to resolve. Lengthy and expensive disputes This was highlighted recently in a case where a London family lost their £600,000 home, which they had lived in for...
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