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Consumers to remain at risk from non-regulated will writers – Caveat Emptor!

The Legal Services Board (LSB) (which is responsible for overseeing the UK’s legal regulators and ensuring they act in consumers’ interests) recently concluded a two-year investigation including a series of mystery shopping exercises, which revealed nearly 10 per cent of Wills produced by unqualified will writers would fail to due to invalid execution as well [...]

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Making a Will: when and why should you do it

Most people know what a Will is. They also know that at some point in their lives they will need to make one, but many put it off in the belief that it is something they can deal with later on in life. However, there are several points during a lifetime when a Will should [...]

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It takes two: the benefits of mutual or mirror Wills

One of the major challenges of any relationship making joint decisions, but when it comes to making your Wills as husband and wife or civil partners, it can be incredibly beneficial. If you can co-ordinate on areas such as what happens to your assets (money, property and so on) and beneficiaries (children or other recipients), [...]

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Guard them with your life: make a Will to protect your child

Being a parent often equates to a series of decisions – choosing a school, a GP, vetting boyfriends and girlfriends, weighing in on everything from crayon selection and wardrobe choices to university applications and careers – but one of the most important and lasting decisions you can make is using your Will to protect your [...]

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Younger homebuyers increasingly likely to be unmarried

A survey by Halifax has revealed that only one-quarter of 25 to 34 year olds were married when they became first-time buyers, compared with three-quarters of 35 to 44 year olds. Almost two-thirds (64%) of the younger group had bought property at some point with a partner, but were not married when they made the [...]

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