Wills and ProbateWills and Probate
A property and affairs Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) is a power of attorney which allows you to authorise one or more named persons to make decisions on your behalf in order to manage your property and financial affairs if you are no longer able or willing to do so yourself Read more...
If someone dies without making a valid will, they are said to have died intestate Read more...
It is often the case that families consider they are entitled to inherit the estate of a relative, but in most cases people are free to distribute their assets as they see fit Read more...
An unusual case, which recently came to the High Court, led the presiding judge to the conclusion that the validity of a will does not require the person creating it (the testator in legal terminology) to have a perfectly balanced mind, nor indeed good motives Read more...