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The importance of writing a Will
- Categories: You and your family, Wills, trusts & estate planning
- Posted: Thursday 18th April 2013
Do you have a Will? Many of us don’t consider the inevitability of death and put off making a will for some reason or another. But the fact is, if you don’t have a will in place, the state will...
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Morrisons Solicitors welcome the Dementia Friends...
- Categories: Morrisons news, Wills, trusts & estate planning
- Posted: Thursday 8th November 2012
David Cameron has today launched the Dementia Friends Scheme, the country’s biggest ever project to change the way people think, talk and act about dementia. The £2.4 million scheme is being...
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Guardianship: a beastly issue, even for a Beastie Boy
- Categories: You and your family, Wills, trusts & estate planning
- Posted: Sunday 21st October 2012
In our experience, many parents with young children procrastinate about making a will as they find it difficult to agree on who would look after their children if they both died. Ideally, couples should...
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Morrisons Solicitors host successful coffee & cake...
- Categories: Morrisons news, Wills, trusts & estate planning
- Posted: Friday 14th September 2012
Morrisons Solicitors organised and hosted a “coffee and cake morning” in aid of Surrey Disabled Peoples Partnershipat their Woking office. SDPP is a growing Surrey based advocacy service for the...
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No change to care funding any time soon: the family...
- Categories: Wills, trusts & estate planning
- Posted: Wednesday 18th July 2012
Following two independent commissions, three public consultations and now three white papers in the past 13 years, reform of social care and support in England is set for 2015, the next term of Parliament....
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Beware unregulated probate practitioners (even if...
- Categories: You and your family, Wills, trusts & estate planning
- Posted: Thursday 28th June 2012
The article in The Times of 23 June 2012, “Beware the costly probate hard-seller you may not need”, highlights growing concerns regarding the inflated fees charged by unregulated probate...
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If it sounds too good to be true…
- Categories: Wills, trusts & estate planning
- Posted: Friday 22nd June 2012
On World Elder Abuse Awareness Day the BBC have highlighted the issue of elderly people being targeted by rogue traders in various scams. Worryingly, people have been sold products that aren’t...
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How not to lose 40% of your life assurance policy,...
- Categories: Wills, trusts & estate planning
- Posted: Tuesday 13th March 2012
Costly life assurance, designed to protect our families, can be worth less if we don’t protect the policy itself. Morrisons Partner Mark Walker explains why writing your policies into trust is as easy...
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10 things everyone should know about Lasting Power...
- Categories: You and your family, Wills, trusts & estate planning
- Posted: Wednesday 7th March 2012
Insuring your future whether you’re 25 or 75 Many people make a will, setting out what they would like to happen to their money and property after their death. But far less plan for the possibility...
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The cost of loss
- Categories: Wills, trusts & estate planning
- Posted: Thursday 23rd February 2012
As the government closes a consultation on the reform of bereavement laws, Jagat Shah examines the current system and calls for a much-needed change. The vagaries and foibles of the current bereavement...
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