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This part of the site provides legal information and documents relating to Wills, including making or changing your Will. If you have not written a Will yet, consider writing one today, as without it, the state may decide how your belongings are distributed.
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See below for the range of services or, for more help and information, click on the law guide topics in the left-hand menu.
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Wills
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Wills
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Product name: Comprehensive Will for a married person or civil partnerShort description: This Will is suitable for anyone who is married or in a civil partnership. It will allow you to make as many gifts of money or specific items as you like. You will be able to leave the remainder of your… Read more
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Short description: This Will is suitable for anyone who is married or in a civil partnership. It will allow you to make as many gifts of money or specific items as you like. You will be able to leave the remainder of your… Read more
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Product name: Comprehensive Will for an unmarried person (pair)Short description: This Will is designed for someone who is not married or in a civil partnership, whether or not they have a partner and whether or not they have any children. It will allow you to make as many gifts of… Read more
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Short description: This Will is suitable for anyone who is married or in a civil partnership. It will allow you to make as many gifts of money or specific items as you like. You will be able to leave the remainder of your… Read more
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Product name: Comprehensive Will for unmarried personShort description: This Will is designed for someone who is not married or in a civil partnership, whether or not they have a partner and whether or not they have any children. It will allow you to make as many gifts of… Read more
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Product name: Comprehensive Will for unmarried person (Scotland)Short description: This Will is designed for someone who is not married or in a civil partnership, whether or not they have a partner and whether or not they have any children. It will allow you to make as many gifts of… Read more
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Short description: This Will is suitable for a person who is married or in a civil partnership and wishes to create a discretionary trust for one of the following reasons: 1. To try and avoid a local authority using a… Read more
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Product name: Letter of wishesShort description: A letter of wishes is an informal letter addressed to your executors which expresses what you would like to happen following your death. Unlike your Will, the letter of wishes does not become a publicly… Read more
Living Wills
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Product name: Living WillShort description: Use this document to create a 'Living Will', which is a document that sets out your wishes regarding health care and how you want to be treated if you become seriously ill and unable to make or… Read more
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Product name: Revocation of a Living WillShort description: This is a formal, written revocation of a Living Will. It would be appropriate where the directions given and the views expressed in a Living Will no longer reflect the maker's wishes, and the maker does… Read more
Changing a Will
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Short description: If an executor named in your Will dies, you can use this codicil to appoint another person to act in their place as an executor in your Will. In all other respects, your Will remains unchanged. Please… Read more
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Short description: If you wish to make another gift of money or a specific item to a beneficiary named in your Will, you can use this codicil to do so without having to draft a new Will. In all other respects, your Will… Read more
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Product name: Codicil revoking a gift to a named beneficiaryShort description: If you wish to cancel a gift which you have made in your Will, but you wish all other aspects of your Will to remain, you can use this codicil to do so. You cannot use this document if you already have… Read more
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Short description: If you need to revoke the appointment of an executor in your Will and replace him/her with a substitute, you can use this codicil to do so. You might do this if one of your executors is unable to act as… Read more
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Product name: Codicil revoking gift to one and giving to anotherShort description: If you wish to revoke a specific gift (e.g. a car, furniture) or pecuniary gift (i.e. money) given in your Will and give that same gift (or a different gift) to someone else, you can use this codicil to… Read more
Dealing with an estate
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Product name: Declaration of trust relating to landShort description: Use this document if land, or property built on land, is in the sole name of one person and it is intended to give rights in the land/property to, or to recognise the rights in the land/property of… Read more
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Short description: This document may be used where either one person holds property and wishes to declare a trust relating to its ownership or two people hold some property and wish to set out the way in which they own the… Read more
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Product name: Declaration of trust relating to personal propertyShort description: Use this document to create a trust in respect of personal property; i.e. property other than land, or property built on land (known as real property). Personal property can include personal possessions… Read more
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Product name: Declaration of trust relating to sharesShort description: This document allows a person to transfer their ownership in shares to another and retain the shares in their name. Where a company requires shareholders to fulfil certain criteria and the person does… Read more
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Product name: Notice of severance of a joint tenancyShort description: This document is used to sever a 'joint tenancy' of property and, if the property is registered, to register that change at the Land Registry. This converts a joint tenancy into a tenancy in common. This… Read more
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Short description: This document is intended to be a simple trust for the benefit of a single beneficiary and his/her family. The income of the trust fund is payable to the beneficiary (called the 'life tenant') for his/her… Read more
Civil Partnership Dissolution
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Product name: Dissolution 'divorce' for civil partners (pack)Short description: Dissolving your civil partnership can be difficult, so we’ve done our best to make the process as quick and simple as possible. This pack includes the Civil Partnership Dissolution Petition required… Read more
Change of name
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Product name: Change of name deedShort description: This document will create a deed poll or statutory declaration (as required) to change your surname and/or first name. Please note that you cannot use either option to change the name of a minor, i.e… Read more
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Product name: Change of name deed for a minorShort description: You can easily change the name of your child using this document, provided that you have parental responsibility for that child. Note, however, that you cannot use this document if there is more than one… Read more