Settlement Agreement Solicitors - Same Day Service! QLAW can witness your settlement agreement on an express same day service! It's as easy as 1-2-3. Are you an employee leaving your job? Have you been offered a settlement agreement by your employer? Need an employment solicitor to sign off your settlement [...]
How to sign a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to sign and witness a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA). It is imperative when you (and others) sign your LPA that you do it in the correct date order. If you get this wrong, the [...]
LPA – Joint or Joint & Several Attorney(s)? If choosing 2 or more attorneys you will need to decide on a joint, or joint & several appointment. If you appoint more than one attorney in your LPA, you will need to decide whether your attorneys act together either:- JOINTLY; or [...]
Stamp Duty for First Time Buyers There are Stamp Duty (SDLT) reliefs for first time buyers. Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT), commonly known as just ‘Stamp Duty’, is the tax the buyers of UK pay on completion of their purchase. Whilst there are common rates applicable to all sales/purchases, there [...]
Mirror Wills - ‘backstop provisions’ for couples Mirror wills are matching wills made (typically) by couples where the terms are the same. One of the defining elements of mirror wills is the ‘backstop’ provisions – sometimes called the ‘disaster scenario’. For the purposes of this illustration, lets assume mirror wills [...]
How do I contest a Will? There are various grounds for contesting a Will. A will can generally be contested for one of two reasons:- INVALID – the will is for some reason deemed invalid; or FAMILY PROVISION – whilst technically valid, it failed to make adequate provision for persons [...]
What if a beneficiary of my Will dies before me? It is important that your will states what happens if a beneficiary dies before you. Unless your Will covers off this scenario, then the following applies:- Cash legacies – these will simply ‘fail’ and fall into the residuary estate ‘pot’ [...]
What should I include in a Mirror Will? Mirror wills are made by couples, the terms of which will be the same (‘reflective’). What is a Mirror Will? Mirror wills are made by couples, and the terms of each will is the same (albeit reflective of each other). What is [...]
What are Mirror Wills? Mirror wills typically make identical ‘mirror’ provisions in the 2 wills of a couple. Mirror wills are ‘matching’ wills made by a couple that reflect the terms of each other – hence the phrase ‘mirror’. The terms of both wills will normally be identical, including:- First [...]
LPA - who decides I have lost capacity? Your attorneys will decide if you have lost capacity. If there is a dispute over this, the OPG can adjudicate. Your attorney(s) decide the point at which you have lost capacity. It will sometimes be obvious (eg stroke or accident), but more [...]
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