Wills & Inheritance Protection Solicitors

At Biscoes, we understand why discussing Wills and inheritance matters can be tricky. Whatever your needs are, our specialist team can provide crucial support to help you secure your wishes in documentation and organise your estate in a tax-friendly way.

The range of legal services offered by our Wills and inheritance protection lawyers are tailored to make the topic both emotionally approachable as well as legally empowering and reassuring.

You will find our team is communicative and friendly, and take care to use their extensive legal expertise and experience to help you achieve your Wills goals, whilst remaining empathetic to the sensitive nature of subjects like elderly needs and Wills disputes.

Our Wills and inheritance lawyers can help you with:

• Drafting wills including Discretionary Will Trusts
• Advice for the elderly
• Preparing Lasting Powers of Attorney
• Applications to the Probate Registry
• Preparing Deeds of variation
• Administration of estates
• Advice to personal representatives
• Will storage service

Get in touch with our Wills and inheritance protection lawyers

If you would like to contact one of our Wills and inheritance protection solicitors in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, please call 02392 660261 or email ipt@biscoes-law.co.uk. Alternatively, please fill out this simple contact form, and we will respond promptly.

Why work with our Wills and inheritance protection lawyers?

At Biscoes, we have multiple accomplished departments across Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Surrey and beyond, combining focused regional experience and community connections for each of our local offices.

The breadth and depth of our team’s expertise mean that we are able to provide guidance on the full spectrum of Wills and inheritance matters. From helping you create a simple Will to helping with the full process of administering an estate after a loved one has passed away, we will be on hand to offer the guidance you need.

Our team includes members of STEP (Society for Trust and Estate Practitioners), a global professional body comprising of lawyers, accountants, trustees and other professionals who help families to plan for their futures. This further highlights our expertise and ability to provide the highest standard of advice to individuals and families from a diverse range of backgrounds.

As a firm, we proudly hold the prestigious Lexcel accreditation, a testament to our excellence in legal practice management and outstanding client care.

Our Wills and inheritance protection services

Drafting Wills including Discretionary Will Trusts

Creating a Will is a necessity if you want to ensure that your estate will be passed on according to your wishes after you die. Without a valid Will, your estate will instead be distributed according to the Rules of Intestacy.

Our team can help you draft a Will that covers all of the possible bases you may need it to, as well as handling more niche matters such as Discretionary Will Trusts.

Discretionary Trusts are one of the many trust types you can create when you’re making a Will. It takes a part of your estate and leaves it to a trust, with prewritten beneficiaries (the individuals who inherit from your Will), potentially including individuals who are not born or able to inherit yet.

This sort of trust is typically used by people who’d like to leave assets to any potential grandchildren.

Advice for the elderly

Biscoes goes the extra mile to take care of our elderly clients. No matter your circumstances or aspirations, we tailor our legal support to each case, forming long-lasting client relationships as we go.

We can be on hand to offer easy-to-understand, comprehensive advice, making your priorities our own. Through all of our decisions, we strive for what’s best for our clients and try to find effective ways to sensibly address their individual needs.

We gladly advise both elderly clients and individuals who are caring for elderly people in their lives.

Preparing Lasting Powers of Attorney

None of us can anticipate the path our lives may take, but a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) lawyer can help you plan ahead now in order to manage whatever surprises life might throw your way. By creating an LPA, you can be confident that your affairs will be taken care of by someone you trust if you were to ever lose the capacity to do so yourself.

Our experienced team help with a whole range of family and inner circle dynamics. An LPA can empower you to deal with certain life developments you might be worried about.

Preparing Deeds of Variation

A Deed of Variation allows someone who is inheriting under the Will (also known as a beneficiary) to make certain changes to what they inherit after the individual has passed away. Usually, this is done to redirect the inheritance to someone else.

There is a slight time constraint as the Deed of Variation must be used within two years of the individual’s death. If you speak to one of our specialist team, they’ll offer you critical advice on how to effectively use these deeds in a tax friendly way.

Administration of estates

To avoid inheritance disputes, you’ll want to ensure that the administration of the estate is done fairly, effectively, and in accordance with the Will’s details. The best way to ensure this happens is by working closely with a lawyer with particular expertise in this area. Our team can provide you with the information you need and advise you on how to correctly administer the estate and perform your duties.

Advice to personal representatives

Personal representatives include the executor or administrator, depending on whether a valid Will is present. Whatever title your duties hold, if you’re legally responsible for the money, property, and estate at large of a deceased individual, then you’re a personal representative, and Biscoes’ inheritance lawyers can offer you crucial advice on your responsibilities and how to perform them.

Will storage service

We offer a free Will storage service for our clients. Should you want to update your Will at any time then you can do so with minimal fuss, and when the time comes, your loved ones will be able to find your documentation with ease and at a friendly, sympathetic environment.

Frequently asked questions about Wills and Inheritance Protection

Why should you make a Will?

A Will is a simple and effective method of securing your final wishes. You can include details of how you want your estate to be administered and to whom, any charitable donations you may be considering, your funeral wishes, childcare arrangements, and the details for things like online logins so that lasting family and loved ones can access your music, photos, and digital life record.

Without a Will, your loved ones may struggle to access your estate and predict what your last wishes were. This can burden them in their time of bereavement. We advise that you contact one of our Wills and inheritance protection lawyers in order to organise your estate, secure inheritance protection, and finalise your wishes.

When is the right time to make Will?

Most people tend to write their Wills later in life, or alternatively at key life milestones like marriage or buying a house. However, in an ideal scenario, you’ll start writing your Will at the earliest opportunity, as life is universally unpredictable.

We advise that if you have any assets you would like to protect, own property, or a children’s guardian then it is the right time to make a Will. If you’d like more information, you can give our blog a read: When is it Right to Make a Will?

Get in touch with our Wills & Inheritance Protection Lawyers

If you would like to contact one of our Wills and inheritance protection lawyers in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, please call 02392 660261 or email ipt@biscoes-law.co.uk. Alternatively, please fill out this simple contact form, and we will respond promptly.