Why you should make a Will - NOW

• A family can suffer acute financial hardship because of the delays in dealing with the estate of a person who has no Will. These delays can run into YEARS!


• The courts may appoint a guardian for your children that you would not have chosen yourself. You can nominate guardians of YOUR choice in your Will to prevent this.


• The professional costs involved in administering an estate where there is no Will are far higher than where there is a Will. Why line the pockets of banks & solicitors with money that will be needed by your family?

"Many people think that their immediate family will get all they own should they die without a Will. This is NOT necessarily true."

• If you are not married to your partner then he/she will NOT inherit your estate.


• Thousands of small heirlooms and treasures are lost to the auction rooms every year because no one can decide who should have them. Your Will protects your heritage.


• Banks, building societies and insurance companies hold millions of pounds belonging to people who are almost certainly dead - because their families are not aware that it exists.


• Thousands of pounds could be unnecessarily paid in inheritance tax (death duties) because a Will has not been drawn up.


• Family arguments nearly always arise over who should get personal belongings and what type of funeral should be arranged. It is unfair to thrust these decisions upon a grieving family.


• Most people would rather their money went to a charity than to the taxman if they have no one to leave it to. This can only happen through a Will.


• Hospitals lose the opportunity to make use of valuable organs for transplant because no one is sure of the wishes of the deceased person.

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