What happens if your executor refuses to act?
Renunciation, power reserved, and what beneficiaries can do if an executor stalls - a plain-English UK guide.
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Plain-English guides to writing your will
Articles on choosing executors, leaving a legacy, inheritance tax, blended families and the practical nuts and bolts of probate.
How many witnesses do you need for a will?
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.
What is an executor and what do they do?
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.
How to reduce inheritance tax legally
The legitimate UK ways to reduce inheritance tax — thresholds, gifts, the 7-year rule, BPR, charitable giving and pensions in 2026.
What happens to your bank accounts when you die?
A UK guide to bank accounts after death — sole and joint accounts, frozen funds, probate thresholds and what executors can do early.
Can you leave your pension in your will?
How UK pensions pass on death, the role of an expression of wish, and the major April 2027 inheritance tax change to plan for.
What happens to your debts when you die?
How debts are handled in a UK estate — what passes to family, what gets written off, and the executor responsibilities involved.
How to leave your business in a will
A practical UK guide to passing on a business in your will — sole traders, partnerships, shares, Business Property Relief and shareholder agreements.
Tenants in common vs joint tenants explained
The difference between joint tenants and tenants in common in England and Wales, and which suits your family situation.
What happens to jointly owned property when you die?
How joint tenants and tenants in common property passes on death in the UK — survivorship, probate, mortgages and inheritance tax.
How to include your house in your will
A practical UK guide to leaving your home in a will — ownership types, mortgages, blended families and the inheritance tax thresholds that apply.
Planning your will when you remarry
Marriage automatically revokes an earlier will. A UK guide to second-marriage will planning: structures that protect both your new spouse and children from previous relationships.