On rare occasions, a Will may not be found and you might be wondering what happens, or what to do in those circumstances.
For this week’s newsletter the Technical Team have picked out three interesting queries from the last month all centred around the theme of loss.
For our last article of what has been an interesting year for many (thanks to Covid-19) we thought we’d take a look back over the past year for a roundup of developments and interesting news relating to the will writing industry. Covid-19 and Remote Working The start of the year began with the country...
An executor is someone appointed in a will to distribute the estate of the testator in accordance with the wishes set out in the Will.
A look back over the past year for a roundup of developments and interesting news relating to succession law, trusts, and will writing.
As much as we try to encourage testators to speak with the people they wish to appoint as executors to inform them of their choice, some people will one day find themselves surprised with the role.
Founded in 1969, Fraser and Fraser has unique experience in the fields of genealogy and international probate research, meaning the firm is particularly well equipped at finding missing beneficiaries to unclaimed estates.
As part of the Society of Will Writers 25th anniversary year, we are again revisiting IFA’s and other professions in the financial services sector.
I had hoped that we would not see a return to the late nineties when low cost Wills, free Wills were rife within the profession. Unfortunately, we are seeing a resurgence of this practice, which is neither good news for the profession or the consumer as most clients who took these services believing they were paying around £20 a Will, in fact ended up paying several hundreds of pounds to unscrupulous companies.
This new fee structure was originally due to be implemented on 1 April 2019, but this now appears to have been delayed.
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