Sep 24, 2026 | Wills and Estate Planning
“Beware the wolf in sheep’s clothing.” (From Aesop’s Fables) Your relative or friend dies, having at the last minute made a new will leaving everything to a new sole heir. You’re suspicious: the deceased was vulnerable, perhaps dying or suffering from dementia, and...
Aug 26, 2026 | Wills and Estate Planning
“One ring to rule them all.” (JRR Tolkien in The Lord of the Rings) When it comes to making sure that you get to choose who inherits what from your estate, there really is only “one will to rule them all,” because our law recognises only one type of testamentary will:...
May 26, 2026 | Property, Tax, Wills and Estate Planning
“I can’t afford to die; I’d lose too much money.” (George Burns, comedian) At the heart of any estate plan lies your will. Pair it with a file containing all the information and documents that your executor and heirs will need to wind up your estate, and...
Mar 26, 2026 | Wills and Estate Planning
“Legacy is not leaving something for people. It’s leaving something in people.” (Peter Strople, former Dell Computer Corporation director) Leave a personal legacy, not just a financial one We all know how important it is to our loved ones that we leave behind a valid...
Jan 6, 2026 | Wills and Estate Planning
“Let’s choose executors and talk of wills.” (William Shakespeare in Richard II) You may have read one of the many online articles about an electronic will being validated recently by the High Court. Don’t be misled into thinking that electronic wills are now...
Aug 26, 2025 | Wills and Estate Planning
“All that lives must die, passing through nature to eternity.” (William Shakespeare, in Hamlet) Master’s Office records suggest that less than a third of us leave behind a will when we die. That’s astonishing, given the fact that death is one of the few absolute...
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