Updates and Expert Opinions

I had the pleasure of attending the annual Institute of Professional Willwriters conference in March and listened to several industry experts, including senior lawyer Mary MacGregor, from the Office of the Public Guardian. The OPG claim that they are currently...

Care Home Fees – What works & what doesn’t

I’m regularly approached by people who are worried about care home fees and want to put their home into a trust to avoid it being used to fund long term care...     …I understand that you’ve worked and paid tax all of your life, so you don’t want to pay out any...

2018 isn’t over yet – there’s still time!

Hands up who said ‘’I really must sort my Will out this year’’ way back in January? Now, hands up who finds themselves moaning at how early the Christmas adverts have started this year, having not yet got around to arranging their Will nearly a year on? If that sounds...

It’s obvious, isn’t it?

Recently the personalised card company Moonpig had to issue a request for customers to stop uploading pictures of their genitals to cards that they want to send to unsuspecting recipients, as this is apparently against their T&C’s. You would be forgiven for...

Less Jargon, More conversation

Last week I had the pleasure of meeting with some of the residents of a retirement apartment block in Worthing. I was invited off the back of a previous meeting with their lovely manager who advised me that as part of her role she is asked to provide the residents...