CHOOSE WHO GETS WHAT

A Will is the most basic
act of love most families
have never put in place.

More than 70% of those who pass away in the UK do so without a valid Will. If you are one of them, the law decides what happens to everything you have built. Not you. We help you put that right. Properly. With the conversations most Will writers never even try to have.

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WHY THIS MATTERS

Most people assume the law would protect their family. UK law does not work that way.

If you are not married and not in a civil partnership, your partner has no automatic right to inherit anything you own. Regardless of how long you have been together. Regardless of children. Regardless of shared finances.

If you are married, the Intestacy Rules give your spouse a fixed first share plus your personal possessions, and only half of the remainder. The other half passes to your children, or to more distant relatives. Whatever you would have wanted has nothing to do with it.

If you have stepchildren, foster children, a partner you never formally married, or chosen family — they receive nothing. Automatically.

These are not edge cases. They are the predictable outcome of the most common situation in modern UK families.

WHAT A WILL IS

In plain English, your Will is the document that does four things.

It names who inherits what.
It chooses who looks after your children if anything happens to you.
It appoints the people you trust to handle everything when the time comes.
It puts your specific wishes on the record so they actually get followed.

To be valid in England and Wales, your Will must be in writing, signed by you, and witnessed by two independent adults who are not beneficiaries and who sign in your presence on the same occasion. Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own rules.

A Will is the foundation. It is not the whole plan.

HOW WE WRITE WILLS

Most Will writers start with "what assets do you have?" We start somewhere different.

STEP ONE

We listen to your family first.

Who matters to you. Who depends on you. What you would want for the people who love you most. The structure follows from the relationships. Not the other way around.

STEP TWO

We draft your Will properly.

All the standard provisions plus the ones most people miss — digital assets, business interests, pension Bypass Trusts, guardianship clauses for children under 18, gift-into-Trust provisions where they make tax and protection sense.

STEP THREE

Witnessed and securely stored.

Not in a drawer. Not on a USB stick. Lost Wills are one of the most common, and most preventable, UK probate failures. We store yours properly, and we make sure your family knows where to find it.

STEP FOUR

Reviewed regularly with you.

Life changes. Wills do not, unless someone updates them. We bring you back into the conversation every few years and at every life event — marriage, divorce, birth, death, property purchase, business sale.

STEP FIVE

Your family in the conversation while you are still here.

Not in a way that creates conflict. In a way that creates clarity. This is the difference between a Will that sits in a drawer and a legacy that compounds across generations.

This is what Trust First means on a Will. The legal kind of trust — the document itself. And the relational kind — the conversations the rest of the industry never has.

We do both. Every time.

WHO NEEDS A WILL

Anyone over 18 with someone or something they want to protect.

In particular:

Parents of children under 18 (guardianship is named in the Will)
Anyone who is not married but in a long-term relationship
Anyone who owns property, has savings, or has investments
Anyone running or owning a business
Anyone in a blended family or a second marriage
Anyone who has had a Will for more than five years without reviewing it
Anyone who has gone through marriage, divorce, birth, death or significant property changes since their last Will

If you are a parent of children under 18 and do not currently have a Will naming legal guardians for them, that gap matters most. Without it, the state — not you — decides who raises your children if you cannot.

HOW IT FITS THE BIGGER PICTURE

Your Will is the foundation. It pairs with everything else we do.

Lasting Powers of Attorney — the documents that protect you while you are still alive
Trusts — the structures that hold assets outside your personal estate for tax efficiency, bloodline protection, and continuity
Business Succession Planning — for business owners, the architecture that keeps the company trading
Pension Nominations — pensions usually sit outside the Will and need separate nominations or Bypass Trusts
Life Insurance written in Trust — keeps the payout outside your estate for Inheritance Tax purposes

We do not just write the Will. We make sure it joins up with everything else.

WHY A WILL ALONE IS OFTEN NOT ENOUGH

But a Will is not enough in most cases.

A Will tells the world what you want to happen. A Trust makes sure it actually does.

Without a Trust, the assets named in your Will still pass through probate. They are subject to fees, delays, public record, Inheritance Tax, and the risk of disputes from anyone who disagrees with your wishes. The estate erodes before it reaches your family.

A Trust changes that. Assets held in Trust bypass probate, sit outside your personal estate for Inheritance Tax purposes, and pass directly to the people you intended without delay or dispute.

For most families with a home, a business, savings, investments, or children from any relationship — a Will is the foundation. A Trust is what makes it work.

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PRICING

Transparent. Clear. Always explained in plain English before you sign anything.

The Free Legacy Review is always free. We look at where you stand, identify what your family actually needs, and tell you the cost of any document we recommend before you sign anything.

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A Will is the most basic act of love most families have never put in place.