Making a Will

Making a Will is something that everyone means to get round to one day, but keeps putting off.  The trouble is, no-one likes to think about death, particularly their own.  It is a subject which we usually try to put to the back of our minds.  However, there are numerous benefits in writing a Will, which relate not only to who should inherit your estate.  For example, you may also:

• Choose the Guardians for your children.
• Appoint Executors to deal with your estate.
• State your funeral wishes.
• Attach conditions to any gifts you may wish to make.
• Control the age at which a minor beneficiary may inherit.
• Make special provision for vulnerable beneficiaries.
• Avoid family disputes.

Surveys have shown that only around 25 per cent of the population leave a Will when they die.  This often results in a lot of confusion, distress and sometimes financial hardship for the deceased person’s family.