A high proportion (well over 50%) of the UK adult population have not made a will. As there are so many good reasons to make a will, and for most people the cost is affordable, it seems the reasons why people don’t make a will are perhaps that they don’t want to think about dying, or don’t like lawyers (!), believe the cost is high of making a will and it is not necessary, or are wary of simply buying a will from an online wills & probate service without having it checked by a solicitors who takes responsibility for checking it and advising you.
At Darlingtons, our Edgware wills and probate solicitors and lawyers, based in London and serving the local areas of Edgware, Barnet, Harrow, Watford and Brent cannot solve the first of these problems but can assist with the others. Our services are practical and affordable and our solicitors friendly and approachable, with most wills (not involving Trusts or Inheritance tax planning) costing less than £150.00 plus vat, we offer an online wills and probate service to make things easier (which is a combination of the best of technology but which still gets checked by a practising wills specialist solicitor), and we guide clients in a practical way, which gives peace of mind that a “DIY” will service simply cannot.
To make a will is to protect and safeguard those you love most, so please contact our wills and probate department today, and we can help immediately with a quote and guidance.
We hope the information below is useful for you, it is not intended for legal advice about making a will but as general information only
What are the benefits of making a will ?
A Will provides certainty and guides those who are left behind and saves worry and heartache at a time of great emotional stress. Other benefits include:
- Preparation, review and amendment of wills
- Choosing who inherits your assets and make specific gifts of items you want specified people to have
- Avoiding the situation where you don’t leave a will (known as Intestacy) whereby government rules determines who benefits
- Minimising or avoiding Inheritance tax
- Reduce financial problems for beneficiaries
- Choose Legal Guardians for your children
- Choose your own executors.
- Set up trusts for children/grandchildren which can be flexible and allow money to be used for their benefit before they finally become fully entitled
- Make charity donations
- Make your own funeral arrangements and decide whether you want burial or cremation
- Avoiding family disputes
How we can help
Our services include:
- Preparation, review and amendment of wills
- Inheritance tax planning
- Advice on issues in Wills such as guardianship, adoption and divorce
- Help for executors in obtaining Grants of Probate
- Advising on contested wills
- Preparation of Lasting Powers of Attorney
- Registering Enduring Powers of Attorney
- Advice on trusts
- Winding up and distributing estates
Contact our Edgware wills solicitors & lawyers today for cost effective peace of mind.
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