Free guide to wills and probate law
Get the free guide to wills and probate law from Bishopsgate Law solicitors.
We can advise you about making a will, estate planning and inheritance tax liabilities, trusts, probate, lasting power of attorney, and inheritance claims.
To see why it is important for most people to make a will and understand the issues around probate when someone dies, please download our free short guide to wills and probate law here (scroll down for link).
The guide covers:
- Why you should make a will.
- What are the intestacy rules?
- Jointly owned property.
- Children.
- Marriage and divorce.
- Care costs.
- Inheritance tax planning.
- Family home allowance (residence nil rate band).
- Funeral wishes.
- Problems in your family and disinheritances.
- How to make a will.
- What happens after someone dies.
- Administration of the estate where there is no will.
- Probate of the estate where there is a will.
- Challenges to a will.
- Protecting your assets.
Download the free guide to wills and probate
A short guide to wills and probate (pdf)
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Wills and probate law - how we can help you
We can act for you in making a will, advise you about estate planning and inheritance tax liabilities, trusts, probate, obtaining lasting power of attorney, and bringing or defending an inheritance claim.
Find out more about how we can help with wills and probate law.
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Please contact us to talk about making or updating your will, dealing with probate, arranging lasting power of attorney, or any other legal work our wills and probate lawyers can do for you.
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Important information: All advice and explanation of the law in the free law guides is intended for information purposes only, and is not a substitute for taking formal specific legal advice from a practising solicitor or barrister. While every care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the contents of the free law guides and the opinions in them, no responsibility for loss occasioned to any person or company acting or refraining from action as a result of any statement in the free law guides or otherwise caused by relying upon the contents of the free law guides is accepted by the author or publishers.