Legal Will Writers.com - a personal Will writing service for UK Expats
from only £120 for a Single Will - from only £170 for Joint Mirror Wills (2)
Welcome to Legal Will Writers for UK Expats
We can draft your legal Will safely & easily with a FREE Virtual Consultation without the need to leave home or visit our office
Welcome to our website which contains comprehensive information about our Will writing services for UK Expats all around the world. You will find our professional service friendly and easy to understand and we offer a free consultation.
Legal Will Writers for UK Expats are Will Writers and Estate Planning Practitioners based in Spain and the UK with a personal Will writing service for Expats not only in Spain but all around the world. Legal Will Writers were first established in North Yorkshire in 2001 as qualified specialist Will Writers & Estate Planning Practitioners and since 2012 we have operated a practice in Moray, Scotland. We have recently opened a Spanish office to serve not only expats in Spain but those all over the world. You will not communicate with an impersonal software programme but directly with a live qualified Will Writer who will provide you with a bespoke Will.
We first became a qualified member of the UK based Society of Will Writers and Estate Planning Practitioners (SWW) in 2001. We are qualified, vetted and are bound by the SWW Charter and Code of Practice which commits us to bringing you a first class Will Writing service with high integrity and utmost discretion and we are unusual in that we publish our fees which are competitive, fixed and transparent.
From Legal Will Writers you will receive a friendly, professional and inexpensive service that includes a FREE initial consultation by telephone or email. You can choose either our professional Wills online (e-Wills) or our Wills by Post service.
We offer the following Will writing and estate planning services:
Wills - Powers of Attorney - Discretionary Trusts - Advance Directives (Living Wills) - Joint Property Protection Trusts (Liferent of property) - Family Asset Protection Trusts -Evacuation of Special Destination (changes to ownership in common) - Funeral Plans - and other estate planning including solutions for Inheritance Tax and Care Home Fees.
Making a Will ensures your affairs will be taken care of in accordance with your wishes after you have gone. But what will happen if your health declines before you die and you are unable to look after your own welfare and financial matters. It is a good idea to talk to your nearest and dearest about granting a Power of Attorney to plan for the future.
For further information or order a free information pack or to make an appointment please contact us at:
email: legalwillwiters@gmail.com or tel: or (UK) +44 7485 418270 or (Spain) +34 679 004 607
EU REGULATIONS ON SUCCESSION LAWS FOR OVERSEAS PROPERTY
New regulations came into force on 17 August 2015 and it is most important that anyone with property in another country review their Wills and estate planning to avoid the forced inheritance laws of many of the EU countries.
A new legally valid UK Will drafted to comply with either English or Scottish law is now effective for overseas EU property in accordance with these new EU regulations. Therefore a new UK Will that complies with these new regulations mean it is not now necessary to have a local
Will to cover foreign property.
Professional advice should be taken with regard to both existing reviewing UK Wills and making new ones. Legal Will Writers for Expats can provide this service for you.
Who should make a Will?
If you die without making a will, you are deemed to have died 'intestate' and the law - rather than you - decides who inherits your estate.
So in short almost everyone will benefit by making a Will.
In particular you especially need to make a Will......
If you are single
If you are married
If you have children or step-children
If you are co-habiting
If you are divorced or remarried
If you are a property owner
If you are a sole director of a business
If you are retired you may already have a Will in need of refreshing for example it may need to include grandchildren.
Or If you simply do not want the Government to take your assets and become another case for the BBC 'Heir Hunters' to solve!
Scottish Wills
Make a Scottish Will with Legal Will Writers of Moray which complies with the Scottish Rights of succession.
English Wills
Legal Will Writers of Yorkshire can draft English Wills to comply with the laws of England, Wales and Northern Ireland
- Some wills sold by banks include onerous terms and conditions that leave grieving families thousands of pounds out of pocket
- Money Mail revealed that up to 1.5m people have been sold rip-off wills by banks
- Families have begun trawling through the small print of their contracts and say they have discovered huge charges they knew nothing about
ALARM AS MOST REVEAL THEY HAVE NOT MADE A WILL
A STAGGERING six out of 10 Britons have not made a will, according to research. As a result, millions are at risk of plunging their loved ones into financial chaos after their death, says consumer champion Which
About Us
Legal Will Writers for UK Expats were first established in North Yorkshire in 2001 as qualified specialist Will Writers & Estate Planning Practitioners and since 2012 we have operated a practice in Moray, Scotland. We have recently opened a Spanish office to serve not only UK Expats in Spain but those UK Expats all over the world
We are independent qualified specialist Will Writers and abide by the strict Code of Practice of the Society of Will Writers and Estate Planning Practitioners. This self regulatory body seeks to protect the public by vetting practitioners through stringent membership requirements, proficiency standards and on-going training from the College of Will Writing.
Legal Will Writers for UK Expats are qualified to draft UK Expat Wills in both English and Scottish law
Our Services
As specialist Will Writers & Estate Planning Practitioners we are able to offer you a variety of services with the choice to make a Will in the privacy of your own home or for standard Wills you can make a Will with our On-line service or by telephone and post.
Before deciding to use any of our professional Will writing services for England or Scotland we also offer a Free initial consultation and a Free information pack which confirms our fixed prices all without any obligation.
Our Free initial consultation will explain the key points and answer your questions so that your Will fully covers both your wishes and your individual circumstances which may include:
bequests, trusts, guardianship, pets, charities, funeral plans, powers of attorney, mitigating inheritance tax, solutions to long term care home costs, executors etc. For further details...
Fixed Prices
Our prices are fixed and transparent with a choice of services
Consultation Included
Although we offer low cost on-line Wills we still include a full consultation with a qualified Will writer by telephone of by email. This is to ensure that you fully understand all the different aspects to making a legal UK Will that fully reflects your wishes.
Make a Will in Spain
Legal Will Writers in Spain offer a Will Writing service for UK Expats who are living in Spain and want to make a UK Will to comply with either English or Scottish laws of succession without having to make a return visit to the UK.
Since January 2021 Spanish Expat residents need separate Wills for both Spain and the UK. We are qualified to write your new Will under either English/Welsh Law or the Scottish Laws of Succession which are quite different.
Expat Wills
For those expats living or working abroad they can now make a UK Will in either Scottish or English Law without the need to return to the UK....
Executors
Under UK law you do not need to appoint ´legal professionals´ to act as an executor or trustee of your estate, unless there is a likelihood of a complex Trust arising. Professional executors will charge your estate to act, and in many cases, for duties that a layperson could have done.
For most people it is better to appoint a member of your family, a prime beneficiary or close personal friend to act, remember: Beware of banks and solicitors who seek to include a clause in you Will that appoints them as executors usually for a percentage of your estate.
We explain why you need executors, what their duties are and how you appoint them...read more
Appointing Guardians and Parental Responsibilities
The appointment of guardians and the rights they have are governed by the Childrens Act 1989, s5. A guardian can only be appointed in accordance with that section. It is highly important for parents to consider appointing guardians to cover the possibility that both parents were to die before their child is eighteen. ....
Powers of Attorney
Whereas a Will takes care of your affairs after your death granting Powers of Attorney will make sure that your wishes wll be carried out in the evnt of any future incapacity.
A power of attorney is a document appointing someone to act for the granter and to make decisions on behalf of the granter. The person who grants the power is called the 'granter' and the person appointed is known as the 'attorney'.
Anyone concerned to make plans for the future should consider making a power of attorney. A power of attorney can be useful both for someone anticipating the chance of a permanent incapacity or to deal with periods of incapacity in the future.
Powers of attorney in Scotland can deal with financial and/or welfare matters.
For more details on powers of attorney including the responsibilities read more..