What to Consider When Making a Will
This week (3–9 March 2024) is ‘Update Your Will Week’, an annual initiative of the Association of Lifetime Lawyers (formerly Solicitors for the Elderly), which aims to highlight how important ...
4 March 2025
Why Everyone Needs a Will
Making a Will is a must for everyone. However, less than half of UK adults have one and fewer still have spoken to anyone about what should happen to their ...
4 July 2024
What To Do When Someone Dies
The death of a loved one is a very difficult time. In addition to managing your grief, there are certain steps that must be taken and many arrangements to be ...
17 April 2024
The Role of a Court of Protection Deputy
The Court of Protection is a specialist court that makes decisions on financial or welfare matters or appoints other people (‘Deputies’) to make decisions for people who lack the mental ...
4 March 2024
Why Use a Solicitor to Make an LPA
The importance of making and registering a valid Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) cannot be understated.LPAs help individuals of all ages and backgrounds safeguard their futures by appointing someone to ...
6 February 2024
Guide to Estate Planning: How to Ensure Your Legal Affairs Are in Order
The end of a year is always a good time to take stock and make resolutions for the year ahead.However, while some intentions fall by the wayside early on, other ...
21 December 2023
Talk Money Week: Opening up About Your Estate Planning
Conversations about money are not easy. It can be difficult to know how to start a discussion about what is still considered by some to be a ‘taboo’ subject, and ...
6 November 2023
Powers of Attorney Act Recieves Royal Assent
The Powers of Attorney Bill received Royal Assent at the end of September and is likely to come into force in the next few months.The Act hopes to make the ...
23 October 2023
How a Solicitor Can Help With Probate
Probate is the legal process of administering the estate of someone who has passed away. This involves dealing with any money, property, and possessions they had at the time of their ...
19 October 2023
Wills and Probate Team Spotlight: Shannon Wood
In this profile piece, we meet Shannon Wood, who qualified as a solicitor in 2022 and has been with Russell & Russell for almost a year.Shannon specialises in Wills and ...
12 October 2023
Getting your Affairs in Order: A Legal Checklist for Older Clients
As we get older, it becomes more important than ever to us that our affairs are in order and that we have done all we can legally to protect ourselves ...
6 September 2023
How to Ensure a Will is Legally Binding
A Will is one of the most important legal documents you can make. It ensures you leave your money and possessions to the people you want to benefit from them ...
31 August 2023
Why Use a Solicitor to Write Your Will
The perils of using an uninsured and unregulated will writer have again been highlighted in a recent report, with the service provided lacking the protection afforded to clients by the ...
23 August 2023
Keeping Up with the Times: How to Deal with Digital Assets in Wills
Society is becoming increasingly tech-focused. And, as we spend more of our time in front of a screen, it also means that we are moving more of our lives online.However, ...
17 August 2023
Grant of Probate: What Is It and How Long Does It Take?
Applying for a grant of probate is often the first step for an executor when they are administering a deceased person’s estate. However, the process has become increasingly frustrating in ...
8 August 2023