As part of writing their Will a testator will choose people they trust to act as their executors after their death.
Do you ever get confused by the number of abbreviations used in the legal industry?
When the Society of Will Writers opened its doors in April of 1994 it had a relatively simple objective – ‘To be a representative body whilst providing protection to the consumer’.
In 2013 the then Lord Chancellor, Chris Grayling, called for stronger self-regulation as opposed to statutory regulation.
Will Writing is a great opportunity and often attracts a multitude of people from financial advisors, mortgage brokers, bank workers, accountants, law graduates as well as ex-service personnel to name a few professions.
Yesterday the Conservative party released their manifesto. Among their proposed policies were new changes to social care that Estate Planning Practitioners should be aware of.
In the majority of cases a simple attestation clause such as “SIGNED by the above named [TESTATOR] as and for his last Will in our presence and then by us in his” will suffice.
The sad truth is that there is one thing that we can never escape and that is death. Following the death of a loved one closing down someones Facebook is almost certainly never going to be on the top of the agenda but in the social age it's likely to become a consideration.
Earlier this year the Government announced plans to increase probate fees from 1 May 2017 by introducing a sliding scale of fees based on the value of the estate.
Are you looking for a new career? Have you ever wanted to set up and run your own business? Wanting to start a Will Writing business? Then the SWW may have just the answer.
The Society of Will Writers is a non-profit making self-regulatory organisation whose primary objectives are the advancement, education and ethical standards within the will writing profession.
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