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Wills & Lasting Powers of Attorney

The fundamental purpose of creating a Will is a thoughtful and responsible way to spare your family the emotional and financial burden of organising your Estate at a time they can least cope.

Many people do not write a Will because they feel it is too complicated or expensive.  To this end, we have created a robust structure to help you write and create a legally bound Will at a fixed price

We will draft the Will, and once you are happy with it, a bound and secure final valid Will will be created for you

My experience has shown me just how important it is to have a written set of wishes and instructions left behind. They stop any aruments and provide a guide so that your Executors can simply close your estate with the stress removed and no bad feelings

  • If there is one thing I have experienced in my years as an adviser, it is the plain and simple fact that life does not always go according to plan.

    I work with many clients who rely on family and friends to take them shopping, to the bank, organise bills etc.  It is no secret that not enough of us make a Will.  Therefore, it is even more unsurprising that even less of us make a Living Will.

    Things to think about;

    • If you were incapacitated how would you manage your finances

    • If you could not sign something important….who would

    • If you were in hospital for a drawn-out period, how would you communicate with your bank, utility providers, benefits agencies, mortgage company………and so on

    • What if it was long-term - dementia, incapacity and the requirement of long-term care is more relevant now, more than ever.  You will need someone you trust to make decisions on your behalf

    I recently provided guidance to a family, where their elderly Aunt had a fall and was in hospital for 9 weeks.  During this time, the household bills needed to be paid.  They needed to visit the Post Office to get her pension, deposit it with her bank, discuss her care and recovery with doctors and eventually work with the NHS to make changes to her home

    The Health Professionals worked with the family and she was released from hospital to home, which was adapted to make sure she could finish her recovery at home with visits from local health and rehabilitation workers.

    All of this was made easier and without worry, as previously they had put a Lasting Power of Attorney in place.

    Often looking after someone is stressful enough, without dealing with red tape, organisations bound by Data Protection rules.

    A Lasting Power of Attorney provides powers to your Attorneys, giving them the ability to act for you, in a specific manner dictated by you.

    You can split the powers you give between Health & Welfare and Financial & Property needs

    There is so much on this subject and we have information sheets for anyone who feels that it would be appropriate for them or, indeed, someone close to them