In this post i'm talking about protecting your property as part of your overall estate planning. For many people their family home is their most important asset that they want to see passed down the generations to their family. The family home is also the asset they'd hate to see lost to [...]
This post is all about planning your funeral. When you make your Will, one of your executors jobs is to arrange a funeral. Unfortunately, most people don't have a clue about how to arrange a funeral. I've had personal experience when my mother-in-law died of sitting in front of a funeral director when [...]
In this post we'll get a look at the things you can give away in your Will. Giving away something in a Will is called a legacy. A legacy can be almost anything. Quite often it's an amount of money or it's a family heirloom. A legacy can be to a charity, a [...]
We have just been notified the we are Finalists in the National Paralegal Awards 2019. We have made the shortlist in two different categories – Will & Probate Services is nominated as Will Writing Organisation of the Year and our Managing Director Nick Ash is nominated as Paralegal of The Year. The annual [...]
We're going to look at whether your local authority can force you to sell your home to pay for care costs. One of the questions I'm asked all of the time is, is my home safe, because quite often your home is the biggest asset that you're going to pass on to [...]
Hello welcome to WAPS TV. My name is Nick Ash and today we're going to talk about Wills for unmarried couples. An interesting anomaly in the British legal system is that being married is still a huge tax advantage. If you're unmarried you cannot inherit off your partner unless you've got a [...]
Most Wills will appoint executors which we covered in the last video (if you missed it go here), but executors will generally go on to become trustees.The role of a trustee is really to manage the money of your estate. If there are young children who are inheriting at 18 or older, that [...]
When you make a Will, one of the questions you're asked will be to choose executors for your Will, a minimum of one and a maximum of four. They should be people you trust to put in place your wishes after your death. Ideally, they should be younger than you, and quite [...]
The sad fact is most young people don't have a Will, and if you're young and with children it's really important you appoint guardians in case anything happens to you and your partner. A Will is the only legal document that allows you to appoint testamentary guardians for your children. What this means [...]
One of the most common questions i’m asked is ‘Do I have to make a Will’? Of course the answer is yes! Most people over the age of eighteen will own something that would need to be given to someone else when they died. Without a Will you are subject to something [...]
