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Tag: wills

• Do you currently hold a valid, up-to-date Will?
  Posted on January 26, 2015 by QualitySolicitors
  If not, what has stopped you creating one up to this point? Does the idea of creating a Will feel like too much hassle? Does the thought of talking about it just make you feel awkward and uncomfortable? Do you find it difficult to raise the subject with elderly relatives?
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  Posted in: wills, probate, estate administration, family
  Tagged: family, wills, security, probate
• Last laughs...
  Posted on December 4, 2014 by QualitySolicitors
  Our previous blog article, ‘More wacky wills’, highlighted a few of the more inventive instructions that have appeared in wills over the years.
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  Posted in: making a will, wills, probate, inheritance
  Tagged: making a will, wacky wills, probate, wills
• Making a will? Why so serious?
  Posted on November 13, 2014 by QualitySolicitors
  Many people postpone going to a solicitor because making a will means dealing with things that are going to happen after they die. It’s not a particularly enticing thought.
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  Posted in: making a will, probate, estate administration, inheritance
  Tagged: making a will, wills, estate
• How to lose £200million – don’t make a will!
  Posted on November 3, 2014 by QualitySolicitors
  William Jennens died in 1798 with a vast personal fortune of well over £1million (worth around £200million today). He was an only child and a bachelor who lived alone, so his extended family were naturally intrigued to hear the reading of the will to see how they’d fared.
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  Posted in: making a will, probate, wills, inheritance
  Tagged: wills, invalid will, inheritance, inheritance tax
• Trusts and inheritance tax planning – an introduction
  Posted on November 14, 2013 by QualitySolicitors
  They say that the two things you can’t avoid are death and paying taxes, and even the former doesn’t stop the latter. Inheritance tax used to be a tax on the very rich, but today it may affect many families.
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  Posted in: Making a will, wills and probate
  Tagged: Wills, making a will, wills and probate, inheritance tax, trusts, will disputes
• Making a will: what you need to know
  Posted on July 12, 2013 by QualitySolicitors
  Writing your will won’t be the most uplifting moment in your life, but it’s vital in securing your family's financial future.
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  Posted in: Making a will, wills and probate
  Tagged: Wills, making a will, wills and probate, inheritance tax, trusts, will disputes
• Where there's a will there's a way, isn't there?
  Posted on February 15, 2013 by Louise Restell
  Unless you are a lawyer, or some strange legal hanger on, the news that the Legal Services Board (LSB) has formally asked the government to regulate will writing has probably passed you by. Most normal people do not think about regulation (although I confess I have no evidence for this assertion) and if they do, they probably assume it is already there. They aren’t likely to waste valuable minutes reading about it when the future queen of England has been snapped in only her bikini.
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  Posted in: consumers, legal services
  Tagged: consumers, will writing, regulation, LSB, Consumer Panel, wills
• Death and Facebook
  Posted on August 1, 2012 by Louise Restell
  They say the only things certain in life are death and taxes (unless of course you are one of the super rich and can effectively avoid the taxes). Most of us aren’t particularly prepared for either, although fortunately (or unfortunately) it is almost impossible to forget to pay your taxes.
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  Posted in: Uncategorized
  Tagged: digital assets, digital rights, Facebook, will writing, wills, Yahoo
• There's more than one way to skin a cat and don't let them tell you otherwise
  Posted on January 11, 2012 by Louise Restell
  Here’s a cheery thought as the Christmas and new year holiday recedes from memory, apparently more people die in January than any other month of the year. It seems that divorce rates also spike in January. Whether these events are related is not clear, although the reasons for the high number of marriage breakups just after Christmas are more obvious than the reasons for dying.
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  Posted in: Legal services
  Tagged: consumers, lawyers, Legal Services Board, regulation, will writers, will writing, wills