Wills & Probate

• Do you worry about the amount of Inheritance Tax you might have to pay when you die?
• Do you assume that if you die without a will everything automatically pass to your surviving spouse? Wrong! That doesn’t always happen and sometimes the home may have to be sold.
• Do you want to provide for step children or children from previous relationships?
• Do you want to preserve your assets as much as possible for the benefit of those you love
• Are you just bereaved and wondering what do
• Have you tried to start sorting out a deceased person’s affairs, and are now finding yourself getting into difficulties
• Do you ever worry about how you might cope with old-age or infirmity?

These are all important questions that may prompt you to seek legal advice. The best tax planning often takes a substantial number of years to achieve so consider starting the process now. Also you never know when death or illness may strike, and so don’t put off making a will.

Enormous tax savings can be achieved through a combination of carefully drawn wills and trusts.

Hewetts partner Robin Gambles heads the Wills Trusts and Probate department and also specialises in developing ways of providing legal care for the elderly and is happy to advise you on any of these issues.

The legal obligations and responsibilities of a personal representative of a deceased person are fairly onerous, and it will be a considerable reassurance to you to know that you are receiving PROPER PROFESSIONAL HELP THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.

We recommend that everyone over 50 years old should make an Enduring Power of Attorney so that someone else can look after your affairs if necessary without involving the bureaucracy of the Court of Protection.

If you are worried about not being able to have a sufficient say in future medical treatment etc. you can make what is known as a Living Will or Advance Directive.

Many rightly fear that all the assets they have built up may be lost through having to pay for nursing care etc. There are in fact a number of steps you can take to protect assets in these circumstances, which if to be effective, will need very careful advice.

We are also familiar with the setting up of trusts for the care of the disabled.
Please also see our separate page for Legal care of the Elderly

Contact Robin Gambles in our Wills & Probate Department on:

Direct Line: 0118 955 9617

Email: r.gambles@hewetts.co.uk

or complete the Wills & Probate
Enquiry Form