Updating your Will can be just as (possibly more) important than ensuring you have one in the first place. Celebrities are not immune from this either, take for example the ‘out of date’ Will of Heath Ledger. Everyone knows they should have a Will. Whether everyone actually has one is a different thing altogether. Whether it be apathy, laziness or fear of death, an alarmingly large number … [Read more...]
Making Changes to your Will?
I drafted my own Will using a Will Kit a couple of years ago, but my circumstances have since changed and I want a few things altered. Is it okay if I just handwrite the changes in the margin and then sign and then date those changes? Is it okay? The simple answer to this question is no, absolutely not; but the complex answer to why this is the case is not so straightforward. Firstly, a … [Read more...]
DIY Will Kits: Why Your Lawyer Loves Them
DIY Will Kits have been around for a while now and are readily available for the fraction of the price of having a Will prepared by a lawyer. In fact, you can probably pop down to your local post office right now and pick one up for less than the cost of an average pub meal. I must agree that the promises put forward by these kits makes them seem rather alluring to the average lay … [Read more...]
Nailing the New Year
I just love a clean slate. I think it goes back to my primary school days when we trundled into school late January to collect our tidy bundles of new stationery, complete with perfectly sharpened HB pencils and crisp white interleaved notebooks. I think it was the promise of new beginnings and of new opportunities that I relished. Perhaps I was just pleasantly asphyxiated on the fragrance of … [Read more...]
