A common question asked by clients when we are advising on the administration of a person’s estate is “What is Probate?”

Walker Foster in Skipton, Silsden, Ilkley and Barnoldswick has retained the national Law Society’s law management quality mark, Lexcel.

The Times reports today that the Law Commission has recommended that pre-nuptial agreements will be enshrined in law under plans to reform divorce laws and reduce the number of relationships ending in damaging Court battles.

In the instantaneous online world we live in, it is easy to leave behind permanent evidence which may herald the end of a relationship.  If you find yourself in this situation, do not assume that all is lost.

Challenges to a Will often involve issues of testamentary capacity, knowledge and approval and undue influence.

A business client who was looking to relocate premises recently asked for advice on whether it would be easy to bring his current commercial lease to an end by serving a notice pursuant to a break clause contained in it.

It is correct to say that we can all decide not to make a Will or to make a Will leaving our assets to whoever we please (after liabilities and any tax is dealt with).

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