Why everyone needs a Will

A Will provides peace of mind – you know that your estate will pass to the people of your choice.

It also gives you the opportunity to plan ahead, to prevent any unnecessary loss to the value of your estate, and to ensure your estate is administered tax efficiently and with the minimum of complications.

Here are just some of the reasons for making a Will:

To provide for your partner, a specific relation, a friend or a charity
To ensure your and your partner’s joint estate is shared between both of your families should you and your partner die together
To enable the future running of your business
To appoint guardians and trustees for your children
To appoint willing and able executors
To provide someone with a right to continue living in your home
To protect your estate for your children from a previous relationship
To ensure life insurance passes to the people of your choice
To ensure your house can be retained by your family
To protect your estate from the cost of residential/nursing care that you or your partner might one day require
To save inheritance tax on your own or your partner’s estate
To protect your estate from claims against your beneficiaries’ estates (eg on divorce/bankruptcy)
To exclude a specific relation
To compensate for any lifetime gifts you may have made
To secure your pets’ future
To avoid family arguments about who gets what