Will Writers can help clients by writing Advanced Directives. For a directive to be enforced, it is first necessary that the clinical team are aware that such a provision exists. A person close to the individual may hold the statement or it may be stored with the Will. It is useful if its presence is recorded in medical records, along with where it is lodged. Just as a Will has an executor, so a directive... 

Over 2 million British people own properties overseas. The majority of these people are relatively wealthy and will have considered carefully the relevant issues as regards the impact of taxation, especially UK Inheritance Tax (IHT), when considering their wills. How many, however, consider the impact of foreign inheritance laws and taxes? Many purchasers look at writing a foreign Will as an extra... 

It is normally considered that in civil law cases the ‘balance of probabilities’ approach applies to proving validity, so that if there is a 51 per cent probability that something claimed is true, then it is accepted. For criminal cases, the ‘beyond a reasonable doubt’ standard of proof applies, which clearly is a much more severe test. However a recent case, involving a Will which the civil...