Category: Private Client
Oct 2021
STEP pushes for simpler access to digital assets after death
The professional body for lawyers and other practitioners who work with families, STEP, has completed a project with Queen Mary University of London, highlighting the real problems people will face if accessing digital assets isn’t made more simple.
Sep 2021
OPG outlines plans to make LPAs “fit for the future”
The Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) has released a consultation in efforts to bring the Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA) process up to date without compromising safety.
Sep 2021
86% want families to make decisions, but less than half have a will and just 14% have an LPA. Why?
Last year, we wrote about how there was a spike in demand for will-related services and Lasing Powers of Attorney (LPA), as Covid-19 took hold. But, what if I told you that dementia killed more women last year than Covid-19?
Aug 2021
Aug 2021
When is the right time to share passwords?
We’ve written many blogs about the importance of getting your affairs in order for physical things, like property or cash, in the event of your death. However, we’ve also seen how digital assets are causing more and more of a headache, because quite often these are simply “forgotten”
Aug 2021
Q&A: Why is my inheritance being passed to creditors?
Q: My mum has recently, and unexpectedly, passed away. She named myself and my brother in her will as beneficiaries of her estate, which includes her home and a few other assets. However, since she died, we're now discovering she was in thousands of pounds worth of debt and her creditors are catching up with us one by one. Surely, now my brother and I own her estate, these creditors have no right to anything - or the debt is written off after her death. Where does this leave us in the eyes of the law?
