by admin | Aug 31, 2026 | Wills, Estate Planning
Most people assume that a Will becomes completely fixed when the person who made it dies. In one important sense, that is true: nobody can go back and ask the person to sign a new Will. However, the people due to inherit may sometimes agree to redirect all or part of...
by admin | Aug 26, 2026 | Wills
When choosing an executor, many people naturally think of the person they trust most. That might be a husband, wife or civil partner, an adult child, another relative or a close friend. Quite often, that person is also someone who will inherit from the estate. This...
by admin | Aug 21, 2026 | Wills, Uncategorized
For some people, making a Will brings up a question that is rarely covered by the usual family-focused advice: what should happen to the estate when there is no obvious person to leave everything to? Perhaps there are no children or close relatives. Family members may...
by admin | Aug 5, 2026 | Trusts, Inheritance Laws, Uncategorized
The seven-year rule is one of the best-known parts of Inheritance Tax planning—and one of the most frequently misunderstood. It is often reduced to a simple sentence: give something away, survive for seven years and there will be no Inheritance Tax to pay on it. That...
by admin | Jul 31, 2026 | Inheritance Laws
Giving Property to Your Children: A Generous Gift That Needs Careful Planning Handing a property to your children can sound like a simple and generous way to help them. You may want to give them a home, pass on a rental property or reduce the value of your estate...
