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New Term – New Will

New Term – New Will   The kids have gone back to school, and parents around the country have heaved a collective sigh of relief. So, is now the time, do you think, to get some life admin sorted? New term – new Will? And then there’s Legal Power of Attorney to consider. With people having children later, many parents of young children are finding themselves part of the sandwich generation – a real and growing phenomenon. Many families these days are balancing caring for young children on one hand and looking out for ageing parents on the other. And […]

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A Christmas Gift for You

A Christmas Gift for You   Sixty-one years ago, Phil Spector released an album that went on to become a pop-music classic: A Christmas Gift for You. But in this blog, I want to talk about a different Christmas gift for you: your Will. You’ve surely got enough socks? And air fryers are so last year. So why not give yourself the best Christmas ever and get your Will sorted out at long last? Then you can enjoy the festive season with an easy mind and step into the new year feeling smug that, at long last, you’ve got your […]

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What is a resolution?

What is a resolution? The dictionary defines the word ‘resolution’ as: a firm decision to do or not to do something. Now, since Covid 19 onwards, my Will-writing business has kept me well-occupied. Even so, this country still has something in the region of 30 million adults with no Will in place. Now I’m neither suggesting nor supposing that a staggering number of people have made a firm and conscious resolution to not get their Wills written. What’s more likely is that they’ve simply not got around to it. Is that you? Is the thought ‘I must get my Will […]