If you do not know where this is, contact the local authority or visit its website or the Government website. Make sure you ring the register office first to find out if it has an appointment system. Read a comprehensive…
If the death was in hospital or in a private home (including a nursing or residential home), the following people can register the death: A relative. Someone who was present at the death but who is not a relative. Someone…
A death must be registered within five days after the date of the death. A comprehensive article on this and related issues can be found here on our website by following this link.
A comprehensive answer to this and related questions can be found in a recent article on our website.
A Lasting Power of Attorney can help you plan how your health, wellbeing and financial affairs will be looked after. It allows you to plan in advance: The decisions you want to be made on your behalf if you lose…
A Lasting Power of Attorney is a legal document allowing you to appoint someone that you trust as an ‘attorney’ to make decisions on your behalf. Attorneys can make decisions for you when you no longer wish to or when…
If you leave everything to your husband, wife or civil partner there usually won’t be any Inheritance Tax to pay because a husband, wife or civil partner counts as an ‘exempt beneficiary’. But bear in mind that their estate will…
If you don’t have a will there are rules for deciding who inherits your assets, depending on your personal circumstances. If you’re married or in a civil partnership and there are no children, your spouse or civil partner won’t automatically get…
There are lots of good financial reasons for making a will: You can decide how your assets are shared out – if you don’t make a will, the law says who gets what. If you aren’t married or in a civil partnership (whether or…
