
The Estate Planner’s Toolkit is the go-to resource for professionals who provide will writing and probate services.

The Estate Planner’s Toolkit is the go-to resource for professionals who provide will writing and probate services.

“Legal Corner” is our semi-regular feature where the Technical Team pick out a small selection of recent queries to publish. This time it’s three quick-fire questions relating to executors.

For some time it has been well known that any gifts to registered charities are free from inheritance tax if they are made to a UK based charity, whether made during your lifetime or in your Will.

Please see this important information relating to an increase in SWW Membership Fees, effective 1 April 2026.

The SWW Professional Standards Board is pleased to announce a new suite of template documents designed for the appointment of Locums. Under Section 2.13 of the SWW Code of Practice, maintaining a succession plan or locum arrangement is a mandatory condition of membership. While this has always been a requirement, we are now providing a...

The Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) has issued confirmation on significant changes to the way applications for remission and exemptions of LPA and EPA registration fees will be assessed and processed.

As another year begins, now is a good time to undertake a review of the current policies and procedures your business has in place from the beginning of taking client instructions to issuing final documents for signature.

Our last article raised a number of common issues we come across when gifts are made in a Will. Here are some more common reasons for a gift failing which we will explore in this article.

And so begins another year at The Society of Will Writers.

As we head towards the close of 2025, it is worth pausing to take stock of a year that has been significant for succession law, estate planning and will writing across the United Kingdom.