For many Will drafters like myself as well as solicitors, legal disputes over Wills are becoming a more common occurrence.   Intestacy (dying without a Will), poorly drafted Wills and inadequate planning are growing causes of family disputes, especially where step-families are involved. However, the fact that the beneficiaries are only known once a Will is…

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Why would anyone want to choose to hold their funeral while they’re alive?  Well believe it or not it’s becoming more and more popular! .A living funeral is where someone attends their own funeral before they die so that they may say goodbye to loved ones and celebrate their life and the end of it…

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We are in the habit of updating our Will on a regular basis,  such as though a marriage, divorce or the death of key people named in our Will.  But how many of us fail to review to whom our pension or death in service benefits are going to go to.  These are often set…

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Maybe it is time to have your Will reviewed? A recent case going through the courts has brought this issue to the fore.  Under common law where two people die at, or very near, the same time, and at least one of them is entitled to part or all of the other’s estate on their…

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