Basildon
Chris Mowat
Lee McClellan
Donna Smy
Laura Chisholm
Jo Hudson
South Woodham Ferrers
Tim Steele
Thurrock
Helen Jago
The Wills, Probate & Trusts Team
Useful Links
If you wish to take advantage of our wills service online, please read the accompanying notes on "Making a Will", complete the Wills Questionnaire (MS Word format) and email, fax or post it back to us. If you do not have MS Word then try it in RTF format.
Wills, Trusts & Probate
Our Wills, Probate and Trusts Department, headed by a member of the Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners (STEP) and staffed by sympathetic and experienced personnel, provides advice on:- Making and revising wills
- Minimising liability for Inheritance Tax
- Administration of estates after death
- Challenging wills
- Claiming against an estate
- Creating and registering a Lasting Power of Attorney
- Application to the Court of Protection for the appointment of a Deputy
- Creation and administration of trusts
- Asset protection
- Liability for long-term care fees and other aspects of residential and nursing care
News of a £350,000 refund by the National Health Service to the families of elderly people, forced to fund their own care home fees, has recently made the front pages. Readers were forcefully reminded that the NHS is legally responsible for funding...
LASTING POWERS OF ATTORNEY - AVOIDING THE SECRET COURT A recent article in the Daily Mail highlighted the difficulties faced when a person becomes mentally incapable of handling their financial affairs. Whilst that article contained a number of...
The case of Betty Figg, the 86 year old dementia sufferer who was forcibly removed from her daughter’s home by Social Services in April 2009 with the assistance of police, doctors and a battering ram, was a startling demonstration of the disputes that...
Downloadable Literature
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Wills Questionaire (MS Word format) | |
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Wills Questionaire (RTF format) | |
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