Insights & guides
Blended families, children, second marriages, dependants.
How the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 lets certain people apply to vary your will — who can claim, what counts as reasonable provision, and how to plan around it.
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.
A UK guide to leaving money to grandchildren: choosing release ages, equal versus tailored shares, trust structures, and the inheritance tax angles every grandparent should know.
A UK guide for single people without children: how intestacy decides who inherits, why the bloodline chain rarely matches your wishes, and how a will gives you full control.
What happens to your existing will when you divorce or separate, and the changes most people need to make: beneficiaries, executors, guardians, pensions and life insurance.
A practical UK guide to keeping inherited money in the bloodline if your children later divorce: the trust structures that work, the trade-offs, and how nuptial agreements complement them.
A plain-English UK guide to what intestacy means for children: who decides who looks after them, what they inherit, how the statutory trust works, and why stepchildren and unmarried partners are exposed.
A clear UK guide for parents of young children: why a will matters, how to appoint guardians, who manages your children's inheritance, and how to protect a young family in 2026.
Why "everything to my spouse" can disinherit your children, and the will structures - life-interest trusts, mirror wills, letters of wishes - that prevent it.
There is no such thing as a "common-law spouse" in English law. What unmarried couples actually need to put in place to protect each other.
How testamentary guardianship works in UK law, what to look for in a guardian, financial vs. caring roles, and how to have the conversation.
