• Basic Wills from £125.00
    Basic Wills from £125.00
    Without a valid Last Will and Testament any assets you leave on death will be distributed according to the Rules of Intestacy. These rules lay down a rigid method of estate distribution and make no account of your wishes. Click the image to read more...
  • We realise that most people haven’t experienced probate before. Probate is the administration of a deceased’s Estate by the appointed “executors” in the Will, usually family members. At an already difficult and emotional time, the complexities of executing a Will and establishing any appropriate Trusts can be an arduous task. Click the image to the left to read more...
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  • Without a valid Last Will and Testament any assets you leave on death will be distributed according to the Rules of Intestacy. These rules lay down a rigid method of estate distribution and make no account of your wishes, unless you write a will. Click the image to the left to read more...
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Thereby hangs a Parliament

With the results of the General Election now available there is no political party with an overall majority. This means a Hung Parliament
This will make it difficult for the largest party to implement its manifesto policies.
It is therefore reasonable to expect little change in the foreseeable future to either the burden of social care costs or further changes to death taxes.
The responsibility for protecting your assets to pass by inheritance remains as now and any person with family, a home and savings should definitely make an appropriate Asset Protection Trust Will or even consider a Lifetime Property Protection Trust which could protect the private residence for beneficiaries.
Whilst death still remains certain Taxes have become a potentially uncertain liability.