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.
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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.
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.
How to leave money to grandchildren in your will
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.
What happens to your estate if you're single with no children?
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.
Writing a will after divorce or separation
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.
How to protect your children's inheritance from divorce
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.