Legal Services UK helps children with life-threatening liver disease

Legal Services (UK) Limited has teamed up with Children’s Liver Disease Foundation (CLDF), a unique national charity fighting life-threatening liver disease, to offer its supporters the opportunity to make or update their wills at a specially discounted fee.

CLDF is hoping that this special offer might encourage supporters to consider leaving a legacy to enable it […]

Gynecologist leaves £1.5 million

Sir George Pinker was the Royal gynecologist who delivered the two children of Prince Charles and Princess Diana, Princes William and Harry.
He left one and a half million pounds sterling in his estate. The bulk of that estate went to his four children, Ian, William, Robert, Catherine.
Sir George died in April 2007 at the […]

Are trustees trustworthy?

We all say we trust our doctors with our lives, but how do we trust others with our money if we’re not around or able to manage that money?
This can be looked at from two points of view;
1. The trustees you appoint if it’s a trust you’re setting up and
2. The trustees looking after your money if […]

Why you need a fire proof safe

Fire damage can hit your home; you could lose your house. What would you do about all those important pieces of paperwork and other essentials that you’d need to replace if your originals burnt? You need an airplane’s ‘black box’.

Your ‘black box’ is a fire proof safe to keep your important papers and important family […]

Making sure your power of attorney is correct

Your professional consultant that helps you with the drafting of your power of attorney will ask you a number of questions that are designed to ensure that you know exactly what you’re doing, that you’re making your own choices and that you complete the paperwork correctly.
After we’ve talked about a power of attorney (called a […]

Registration costs go up

The Office of the Public Guardian (Scotland) - website http://www.publicguardian-scotland.gov.uk/ - has announced price increases from 1st August 2008.

In particular the fee for registering a Power of Attorney (POA) has now increased from the previous £60 to a new figure of £65.
This follows a consultation on increases to its fees between February and early […]