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Ten common misconceptions about writing a Will.

Do you feel lucky enough to gamble your house and life savings? Or are you going to call Fern Wills, talk it through over a cup of coffee and avoid the 8 most common errors in Wills and the 40 most common errors in LPAs?

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Couples usually buy a property together as joint tenants, which means they both own the entire property, and the ownership automatically transfers to the surviving owner in case of one owner's death. If you want to gift your share of the home in your Will, you must change the ownership to tenants in common

Consider the benefits of a free service as opposed to those that you paid for. This empowers you to make an informed decision and understand the true value of the services you're considering.

The concept of ‘common law marriage’ is only a myth and has no legal basis. In the eyes of the law, you could have met online yesterday. Unless.....

I was talking with friends and the conversation came around to asking about trusts. So, even though this is oversimplified, I explained it like this.

A Letter/ Statement/ Memorandum Of Wishes is a handy document you can prepare in addition to your Will to provide extra guidance. There are so many uses for a Letter Of Wishes that we can’t list them all in one article, so we’ll focus on the most common uses for them:

Have you added making a Will to your list? Why should you? Let’s take a look.

We've heard some genuinely funny statements from our clients. So, let us share a few gems from our experiences.

Whether a mobile home or houseboat, it is still your home. But do the Law and HMRC see it that way? Mobile residences are distinct from traditional property affixed to the land.

Useful for a person wishing to grant their surviving spouse the right to reside in their marital home until their passing while ensuring their children or grandchildren inherit their portion of the estate.