It is all too easy to put to the back of your mind the making of the arrangements for the distribution of your estate following your death. However, proper planning ensures that your property is dealt with in the way you would wish and can ease considerably the work involved in administering the estate. We can provide expert advice on everything from a straightforward Will to a complex Trust deed and when one, or the other, would be appropriate. In particular, you may wish to consider and make provision for:

specific bequests and legacies of particular items of estate or sums of money

how the residue of your estate is to be divided and what happens if a beneficiary dies before you

your executors or trustees who are legally responsible for winding up your estate and who may be a family member, friend, professional adviser...

taxation implications if your estate is within the tax thresholds

  

arrangements for looking after money for young children if they are likely to be beneficiaries

the guardianship of children who are under sixteen

funeral instructions or specific wishes regarding, for example, donation of organs for research or transplant

the powers which the executors or trustees require to put your wishes into practice and manage your estate to best advantage.

For a preliminary discussion contact Iain Banks, Ken MacMillan, Bill Mitchell or Lynn Rayner