HAVE WILL – will travel!

Every year, as summer approaches, I wonder if the Will writing business will slacken over the holiday period. ‘After all’, I reason to myself, ‘people are on downtime, they’re relaxing with their families and busy keeping the kids entertained.’ Yet, without fail, the opposite is true.

I find that holiday preparations are a common trigger for people to call me in a panic, wondering if it’s possible to get a Will drafted before they jet off. So, far from being quiet, business tends to get a tad hectic!

NO MAN IS AN ISLAND

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WHY WRITING WILLS MAKES ME SO HAPPY!

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Have Will, will travel!

Have Will, will travel! AN ESSENTIAL ITEM TO ADD TO YOUR HOLIDAY CHECKLIST – HAVE YOU GOT A VALID WILL? Picture the scene: you’re packing for your holiday. You’re excited and can’t wait to get away from it all. Your sojourn in the sun, sightseeing in the city or swooshing down the slopes is almost upon you. It’s quality time for you and your family and it’s great to all be getting away together for some R&R. So, you’d think that, in this flurry of pre-holiday activity, having a valid Will in place would be the last thing on people’s […]

Writing a Will: It’s not as hard as you think

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