Senior solicitor Kelly Chandler, in our leading Wills, Probate, Tax & Trusts team, explains how our team is here to help if you are looking to make or update your Will during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The last few months have seen huge changes in the way we live our lives and this has caused many to think about preparing or reviewing a Will.
Colleagues in our specialist Wills, Probate, Tax & Trusts team are successfully working remotely and continuing to take instructions from new and existing clients. We are here to help via email, telephone or video calls, in place of our usual face to face meetings.
We recommend that before your first virtual meeting with one of our experienced solicitors that you prepare as much as possible by:
- putting together a list of your assets and finances;
- considering those you wish to include in your Will and those you wish to oversee it (as executors);
- thinking about what questions you would like to ask.
Following this meeting, we will draft your Will and send this out to you by email or post. Once approved and agreed, final copies can be sent to you for your signature. We will include detailed instructions about how to sign your Will at home. Once your Will is signed and returned to us, we will store it as part of our service.
Our offices in Reading and Henley-on-Thames are now also open for pre-arranged appointments, where this represents the best way of us working together.
You may also find our blog articles, 'What Proportion of Adults Do Not Have a Will? Our Findings', 'Why is it Important to Make and Update a Will?' and ‘Wills Witnessed By Video Link to Be Made Legal’ of interest.
If you have any questions or would like to arrange a meeting, virtually, or in person, please contact our Wills, Probate, Tax & Trusts team.
For further information or legal advice, please contact law@blandy.co.uk or call 0118 951 6800.
This article is intended for the use of clients and other interested parties. The information contained in it is believed to be correct at the date of publication, but it is necessarily of a brief and general nature and should not be relied upon as a substitute for specific professional advice.
