New Year – new plans, and with them, the best of intentions, which do not always come to fruition.  However, certain resolutions are worth sticking to, and for those people who have not yet made a Will, it should be at the top of the resolution list! It is estimated that around 50% of... read more

I hear that a dispute has arisen over a share of the multi million pound estate left by the late silver screen legend Elizabeth Taylor. Apparently, the Hollywood icon left £50,000 of her estate to a former husband in order to provide for his care in his current state of ill health. ... read more

At some point yesterday whilst I was driving from one appointment to another – or it may even have been on the way home, I heard someone talking about internet accounts and what happens to them when you die.  Well it got me thinking, most of us must have a few; I have stacks - from... read more

They do say that today will be the most depressing day of 2011.  Apparently, the lack of sunlight, amount of post-Christmas debt and the length of time until January pay day all combine to make this the most miserable Monday of the year!  If that’s the case, the whole weekend must have... read more

Executors have many duties.  If they cannot carry these out correctly, because they do not appreciate their scope, they may be personally liable at considerable cost. Executors who cause loss to estates are liable to beneficiaries for depleting assets.  Lay Executors may unwittingly... read more