Welcome

My name is Bill Ryan. I am a lawyer now working as a Legal Consultant specialising in Wills, Trusts and Estate Planning for Your Will Matters.

Bill Ryan

I am a member of the Institute of Professional Willwriters, an Affiliate of the Society of Will Writers and a Commissioner for Oaths.

You can me on 01225 582582 or 07942 959599.

What exactly is Estate Planning?

You may have heard the term Estate Planning but you could be forgiven for not really knowing what it means.

The basic premise is that it is to make sure your family is taken care of if something happens to you.

For many people this can mean financial planning, lifetime gifts, drafting a Will and setting up [...]

Your parents are getting older: will you help them plan their estate?

Watching our parents get older can be difficult. Our parents are the ones who made sure we were safe and secure, who advised us and who we looked up to. They have always been there for us.

As we become adults and parents ourselves we can see our parents are ageing. Frequently the roles and responsibilities [...]

Write your Will and I will donate £25 to Comic Relief.

I was at a meeting yesterday where many of my colleagues dressed up for Comic Relief and we had a sort of ’swear box’ as well. My kids went to school in pyjamas today and paid £1 each for the privilege with the money going to Comic Relief.

So I will try to do my bit [...]

Some cornerstones of sound Estate Planning

Estate Planning is a topic that should be emabraced by every adult

Too many people procrastinate when it comes to writing a Will. It maybe because they have a dislike of thinking of their own mortality or think they don’t have enough in the way of assets to worry about it or even that making a [...]

Unmarried couples and Lasting Power of Attorney

Are you unmarried partners without a Personal Welfare Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA)?

What happens when an unmarried individual lacks the mental capacity to make their own choices. Normally, it falls to their next-of-kin, which could be parents if they are alive, or children, or failing that then a brother or sister and so on. Whoever [...]