Make 2022 the Year You Make Your Will! Have you made your Will yet? If not – why not? If the Covid19 pandemic has taught us anything at all, it’s that our very existence is a fragile one. So, this blog is an end-of-year exhortation to you to make 2022 the year you make your Will. Add it to your list of NY resolutions now. Actually, no – don’t add it – put it to the top of the list to deal with the moment you’ve finished sweeping up the Nordman needles and putting the decorations back in the loft! […]
Christmas Gifts and Inheritance Tax
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
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 […]