Insights & guides
Choosing executors and what they actually do.
Most lost wills aren't deliberately hidden - they're filed somewhere safe and quietly forgotten. Here's why that goes wrong, and what a will tied to a vault and executor notification service does differently.
Signing the will is a milestone - but it's only one of five things a complete legacy plan covers. Here's the other four, why people skip them, and what goes wrong when they do.
Most people choose their executors and never tell them what the job involves. Here's the plain-English brief - what they need to know, and what you can do today to make their job manageable.
Missing documents create real, specific costs - unclaimed insurance, frozen accounts, intestate estates, funerals decided by guesswork. Here's what goes wrong, and a two-hour weekend fix.
A clear UK guide to probate - what it is, when it is and isn't needed, who handles it, what the typical timeline looks like, and how a clear will makes it dramatically easier.
How debts are handled in a UK estate — what passes to family, what gets written off, and the executor responsibilities involved.
A UK guide to bank accounts after death — sole and joint accounts, frozen funds, probate thresholds and what executors can do early.
A plain-English UK guide to the executor role: what they do, who can be one, how many to name, and how to choose well.
Two adult witnesses, both present at the same time - a UK guide to the Wills Act 1837 section 9 rule and how to sign a will correctly.
Beneficiaries, their spouses, under-18s and others who can invalidate gifts in a will if they sign as witnesses - a UK explainer.
Renunciation, power reserved, and what beneficiaries can do if an executor stalls - a plain-English UK guide.
Home safe, solicitor, the Probate Service, banks and the National Will Register - a UK guide to storing your will so it can be found.
