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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]