A Discretionary Trust allows you to put some or all of your Estate into a Trust, which can then be distributed to any of your beneficiaries.

What happens if one of the leaders dies? The formal term for death planning as a business owner is succession planning.

Sideways disinheritance is a term that relates to children losing out on their share of their parent’s estate as a result of remarriage.

A letter of wishes accompanies your Will. It is not legally binding but it provides guidance when dealing with your estate.

Creating a Property Protection Trust through your will allows someone to benefit from your estate after you have died.

An executor is a person named in a will to oversee the process of wrapping up the decedent’s estate and distributing the remaining assets.

Getting a lawyer to draw up your Will is usually the most expensive way to do it. But using a lawyer can save a lot of stress

Talking about your plans for what you leave in your Will should mean fewer squabbles and less resentment.

A ‘grant of representation’ is the generic term for the legal order issued by the probate court in the estate of a deceased person.

Having a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) in place is one of the most sensible decisions you can make in your lifetime. 

A lasting power of attorney is a legal document through which you authorise a chosen person to make certain decisions on your behalf.

Accidents and illness can affect your ability to make your own decisions. Which is way we recommend everyone plans ahead.

Probate typically takes 9-12 months to complete. However, it can sometimes take longer if, for example there is property to sell.

The term probate refers to a legal document that is sometimes needed to deal with someone's assets after they have died.

There are two ways to die in the UK; with a Will, and without a Will. If you are clever, you would choose the former.

An executor is someone named in a will as responsible for sorting out the estate of the person who’s died.

When you decide to take on the probate work yourself you are facing two major challenges: a personal challenge and a legal challenge.

Anyone can be an executor. The role includes completing IHT forms, arranging the payment of tax due, and applying for grant of probate.

An LPA is a legal document that lets you (the ‘donor’) appoint one or more people (known as ‘attorneys’) to help you make decisions.

It is very important to find any 'Last Will and Testament' for a person who has died to enable the executors to follow their wishes .