Society of Will Writers Blog Articles

This is for all the Society Members who have had clients who wanted to make exclusion clauses in their wills...

At the moment many Society members are often confused when it comes to dealing in matters which are in relation...

With 45% of children being born outside of marriage illegitimacy raises not only questions of principle but also technical points...

The Government has shelved proposals by the Law Commission that would have provided greater financial certainty to cohabiting unmarried couples....

Frequently a legacy within a Will is left to a class of beneficiaries and that class is defined by certain...

There is much debate at the moment about the current classification of ‘reserved legal activities’ and whether the class of...

With the introduction of a reduced rate of Inheritance Tax to estates that leave charitable gifts it is likely that...

Where the wording of a Will is ambiguous or open to interpretation it is necessary to get the opinion of...

Prior to the Civil Partnership Act 2004, the law created a wholly unfair inequality in inheritance laws between different and...

When someone dies, a Grant of Probate (if obtained) makes that person’s will a public document, available for public scrutiny....