When planning your estate, you should take account of inheritance tax and the associated thresholds. It will help you to look after your beneficiaries when you are gone.
We look at the effects of dementia on sufferers, carers, and what steps they can take to deal with the diagnosis.
Lasting Powers of Attorney offer protection if you lose capacity to care for yourself. They have been taking too long to complete, but the Office of the Public Guardian has reduced delays for this important document. For more information on LPAs, download our guide.
When someone is diagnosed with dementia, it’s essential to create or update their will as soon as possible
A Will is an important document that we should all write, no matter what our age or state of health. We set out a few key points that will help you decide how to craft yours, including a description of the key roles of Witness, Executor and Beneficiary. When you have made your Will, you can get on with living.
You know you should have a valid Will, but do you remember to update it? As your life changes, as relationships change too, you should also make sure that your Will changes to reflect these changes and protect your loved ones – and your legacy.
What is ‘Intestacy’? And what happens if you die with no Will? In the event that an individual dies in England and Wales without a Will or their Will only disposes of part of their assets then their residuary estate (or the undisposed part thereof) will fall under the Rules of Intestacy – described in […]
The duties of an executor can be onerous, and you might not be in the right frame of mind to properly administer a loved one’s Will. We go through the areas that an executor has to cover: lifetime gifts, advertising for beneficiaries and creditors, Will searches, determining digital assets, genealogy, and Section 160 Valuations.
How Cunningtons’ Wills & Probate team learnt from the unique challenges of a global epidemic
We discuss the process of administering a Will after someone has died; this includes probate issues and who is entitled to read a Will.
If you have a cohabitee you need to consider them in your Will: we go through some of the options
An inheritance sometimes creates tax or state benefit issues for a person receiving it but what are these potential issues, and can anything be done about them?