How to make Christmas Gifting tax efficient
What’s the difference between a Solicitor and a Will Writer?
What’s the difference between a Solicitor and a Will Writer? You can, of course, Google the answer to the question ‘what’s the difference between a solicitor and a Will Writer?’ But as it happens, you don’t need to! Why? Because I used to be a solicitor and now I’m a Will Writer. So, you can get it straight from the horse’s mouth, as it were. Before setting up my Swindon-based Will Writing business, I worked as a partner in a Kent law firm. The reason for switching from working in law to running a Will Writing business arose from pure […]
Swindon Will Writing and Brighter Futures
Here’s an update on Brighter Futures, my Charity of the Year.
Legal Guardians and Letters of Wishes
In this blog I’ll cover the topics of legal guardians and letters of wishes. Two important considerations when arranging your domestic legal affairs. WHO SHOULD YOU APPOINT AS GUARDIANS FOR YOUR CHILDREN? Do you have young children? If you do and you’re considering drafting your Wills, the single most important thing you can put in place in your Wills is the appointment of legal guardians for your children. What is a legal guardian? Legal guardians are a person or persons that will care for any children you have, under the age of 18, should something dreadful befall you and your […]
7 Reasons to Update Your Will Right Now!
In general, it’s always a good idea to make sure your Will is either written or updated if you’ve got Wills in place already. So, here are 7 reasons to update your Will right now! There’s been a change in your family circumstances. Years pass and our children become adults before we know it. Have your children reached their majority without you noticing it? If so you’ll need to get updated on any existing Wills specifying guardians and so forth. Or it might be that you now have grandchildren that you want to include in your Will. A beneficiary […]