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After a five-year legal battle, a jury in Michigan has now ruled that a home-made 2014 Will prepared by the soul singer Aretha Franklin, found down the side of her sofa, is the valid Will to her £4.6 million pound estate.
Check out the third in a new series of weekly vlogs by Peter Durham from Samuel Phillips Law's Wills, Probate and Trusts Team.
Check out the third in a new series of weekly vlogs by Peter Durham from Samuel Phillips Law's Wills, Probate and Trusts Team.
Check out the third in a new series of weekly vlogs by Peter Durham from Samuel Phillips Law's Wills, Probate and Trusts Team.
Check out the second in a new series of weekly vlogs by Felicity Nelson from Samuel Phillips Law's Wills, Probate and Trusts Team
Samuel Phillips Law are proud to support St Oswald’s Make a Will Month throughout June 2023. Join us in supporting St Oswald’s Hospice.
Check out the first in a new series of weekly vlogs by Peter Durham from Samuel Phillips Law's Wills, Probate and Trusts Team.
As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, Felicity Nelson from our Wills, Probate and Trusts team explores the effect of bereavement on anxiety.
If you make your Will with Samuel Phillips Law, we will register your Will with The National Will Register free of charge.
Samuel Phillips Law has promoted solicitor Felicity Nelson to Senior Associate and appointed her as Head of Wills, Probate and Trusts,
Samuel Phillips Law is proud to support Update Your Will Week (23rd - 29th January), an awareness campaign hosted by Solicitors for the Elderly (SFE).
Samuel Phillips Law are proud to support the Remember a Charity in your Will scheme.
The New Year is often a time of resolutions and good intentions so why not take the opportunity to get your affairs in order?
Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs) are extremely useful and important documents, but many do not even know what they are, let alone why they need them. We at Samuel Phillips are here to change that.
Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs) are extremely useful and important documents, but many do not even know what they are, let alone why they need them. We at Samuel Phillips are here to change that and are offering reduced prices throughout April 2022 as part of our LPApril scheme!
Update your Will Week is almost over, but it’s not too late to arrange your appointment with our Felicity Nelson today, who is an Associate Member of SFE, by calling 0191 232 8451 or emailing felicitynelson@samuelphillips.co.uk to get started.
We are halfway through Update your Will Week! Don’t forget to contact our Felicity Nelson today, who is an Associate Member of SFE, by calling 0191 232 8451 or emailing felicitynelson@samuelphillips.co.uk to get started.
It’s Update your Will Week this week! With new research from @SFELawyers revealing 47% of people haven’t updated their will in more than five years, this means nearly half of wills in the UK are likely to be out of date!
The High Court recently ruled that Prince Philip’s Last Will and Testament is to be kept secret for a period of 90 years. This may have you thinking…
A well drafted Will should be enduring and cover a lot of ‘what ifs’. For example, it should include replacement executors and beneficiaries. However, we can never predict the future and it is therefore extremely important that you review your Will every few years and after any major life changes.
Many people believe that if you have a joint account with your partner or spouse, if one of you loses capacity, the other can continue use of the account. This is not true.
Enduring Powers of Attorney (EPAs) were replaced by Lasting Powers of Attorney in October 2007. If you made an EPA before 2007, this can still be used, however, if the donor (that is the person who made the EPA) has lost or is losing capacity, you will need to register the EPA with the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) before it can be used. An unregistered EPA can be used whilst the donor still has capacity.
Although Brexit has very little direct impact on the law relating to Wills, Probate and Trusts, we are very aware that it will have a considerable impact for many of our clients who may need to revisit their lifetime planning as a result.
The EU Succession Regulation deals with the ability to choose the country whose law will apply to your estate when you die. This is important as if there is a difference in the law between the country where you made your Will and the country where the asset is it can lead to the wishes in your Will not being able to take effect.
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