6 Reasons Why Making Your Will Is Important Lots of people don’t have a Will – despite people having complicated financial affairs and complex family relationships. Just to remind you why you should make a Will we have put together a few reasons. 1. You control who gets your assets and how much they get. Without… Continue Reading
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Property Trusts: What You Should Know
Property Trust Wills When we saw Peter and Glynis a few weeks ago their first question was what would happen to their house if one of them needed to go into care. They were a typical couple. In their late sixties with two grown up children. They own their own house and have a few… Continue Reading
Q&A Session: Providing for Someone With a Disability in Your Will
Ensuring that you have an up-to-date Will is particularly important where you are the primary care giver of someone with a severe disability. This Q&A session deals with some of the most common problems we see as solicitors where clients wish to provide for those with a disability within their Will. I would like to… Continue Reading
Why You Should Make a New Will Today
5 Reasons Why People Put off Making Their Will Our clients understand that making a Will and keeping it up to date will bring them peace of mind – ensuring that those closest to them will be provided for. Yet still putting off making a will is an easy temptation. Many people decide it can… Continue Reading
Dealing With Difficult In-Laws
Ann came to see me last week to talk about her Will. She had two children Sophie and Jude and she was concerned as she did not get on with Sophie’s husband Terry. She found her son in law to be rude and controlling and he had always been bad with his money, recently using… Continue Reading
The Dementia Action Alliance
Working Towards a Dementia Friendly Sheffield. Due to the small and specialist areas of law we deal with we have a large elderly client base. As such we work with people affected dementia on a regular basis, and understand the difficulty it can cause individuals, their friends and families. We are delighted to have joined… Continue Reading
Wills and Dementia
Will Made by Dementia Sufferer Ruled Valid In the recent case of Constance Simon (2013) the high court ruled that elderly people may leave property as they wish even where they have reduced mental capacity. Judge Strauss ruled that the law “upholds the right of elderly people to leave their property as they choose, even… Continue Reading
Conveyancing Q&As
Your conveyancing questions answered by Rosalind Watchorn Solicitors – Specialist Conveyancers Sheffield. I have just made an offer on a house. I am told I need to instruct someone to deal with the conveyancing. What is this and how do I go about doing this? When moving house, conveyancing is the legal and administrative work… Continue Reading
Mirror Wills: What Are They?
So What is a Mirror Will? When thinking about writing your will it is important to know all the options open to you. One possibility is the use of “Mirror Wills”. As the term implies, Mirror Wills reflect each other: the terms of the wills are similar, with the testators leaving their estate to each… Continue Reading
Property Law Q&As
Property Law Question & Answer Session. I want to make sure my second wife can live in our house but want to make sure my children inherit it when she dies. How do I do this? A Property Trust Will can be drawn up which would give your wife the right to live there… Continue Reading
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