It’s All About The M-Word
Have you heard about the M-Word? It’s being promoted here by Lloyds Bank at the moment. Why is the M-word so important to you? Well to avoid your Will being contested, it’s good your family know your intentions before you die. It will save plenty of squabling and disagreements. It’s hard to talk about but…
Read MoreIs It Worth The Risk of Doing It Yourself
With the squeeze on family income it’s no wonder people try to save money wherever they can, but is it work saving a few pounds on getting your Will professionally written by writing it yourself. A simple mistake, such as not having the right number of witnesses or them not being properly independent could completely…
Read MoreAvicii, left no plans for his £20 million estate
Musician, DJ and record producer, Avicii died on 20th April 2018 after reportedly taking his own life. The Swedish electronic dance artist whose real name was Tim Bergling was born in 1989. Despite being just 28 years of age at the time of his death, he left behind an incredible legacy through his musical career and…
Read MoreWill Overturned After Brothers Challenge Its Validity
A High Court Judge has overturned the Will of a ‘significantly vulnerable’ man who left 95% of his estate to his carer. David Poole had suffered a motorcycle accident earlier in his life and had been awarded £1 million in damages. Since 1994, he had been living in the care of Mark Everall under a…
Read MoreHow To Avoid Your Will Being Contested
Could Your Will Be Contested? More and more Wills are being contested in the High Court and last year the number of disputes rose 80% – the highest number of cases since 2007 It is believed booming property prices are the “main motivation” for children and other family members to contest a Will, but that’s…
Read MoreWhat Happens To Your Loyalty Points When You Die?
Most of like a bonus or cashback and hence we collect loyalty points from multiple places and throughout a lifetime the points we collect can have significant value. So I bet you’ve not thought about what happens to your unclaimed loyalty points when you die? Each year it is reckoned we build up £5.7billion through…
Read MoreThe World’s Largest Virtual Graveyard!
By the beginning of the next century, the number of dead people on the popular social media network, Facebook, is expected to outnumber living members – turning it into the world’s largest ‘virtual graveyard’. Can you believe it? We seem so besotted with social media that our ‘online life’, the trend of people looking to…
Read MoreHow a £90 Will by Barclays lost half my house
Barclays is being sued by a daughter who claims a botched will by the bank deprived her of a stake in her late father’s London home. The case underlines a wider problem with low-cost wills A woman is seeking hundreds of thousands of pounds compensation from Barclays, claiming the bank’s will-writing service resulted in her…
Read More2017/18 ‘record high’ £5.3bn IHT – Is It Time To Review Your Will?
This article makes interesting reading. If what you own is valued over £325,000 and most with a home in London and the surrounding counties will be, then you need to consider how to minimise you potential Inheritance Tax (IHT) liability. http://extbr.com/NJYoSpqH This is definitely a reason to review your Wills but some of the others…
Read MoreFuneral Poverty
Families waiting more than a year to bury their loved ones as ‘funeral poverty’ grows Deceased people have been held in mortuaries for more than a year whilst relatives struggle to pay for funerals, research by ITV News shows. In a grim new sign of what’s been called ‘funeral poverty’, undertakers and hospitals say delays…
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