Basildon
Chris Mowat 
Lee McClellan 
Laura Chisholm
Helen Jago
Jo Hudson
South Woodham Ferrers
Tim Steele 
Donna Smy
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
Given the increase in complex family structures and the current financial climate, it is especially important to make a will or to revisit an existing will.
Changes in circumstances, whether financial or personal, may mean that the terms of an existing will no longer reflect current intentions.
The inheritance tax nil rate band (the threshold below which no inheritance tax is payable - currently £312,000 per person) has been transferable between spouses and civil partners since October 2007. On current figures, therefore, a widow, widower or surviving civil partner may benefit from a nil rate band of up to £624,000.
Downloadable Literature
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Wills Questionaire (MS Word format) | |
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Wills Questionaire (RTF format) | |
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