Living Wills

Our experienced Private Client Solicitors are specialists in Living Wills – sometimes called Advanced Decisions.

 Making a  Living Will

The idea behind them is that you are able to specify in advance the extent of medical treatment that you wouldn’t want to be given in the event of suffering a severe medical condition and being unable to give instructions about your care in the future. 

What could I choose in a Living Will?

  • Would you like to be cared for in a hospice or at home?
  • How your medical treatment might be affected by beliefs
  • Refusal of treatment you don’t want to receive, such as CPR or life support

For a long time it was thought that such living wills had no validity, but in recent years the opinion of the legal and medical profession is that they are valid so long as there is proof that the writer still feels the same way about his or her care at the time when he or she becomes ill. 

If you require any guidance on a Living Will, making an advanced decision or an advance statement, contact one of our Living Will Solicitors.  Tel: +44 (0) 1276 686 222

What is the cost of a will?

The cost of making a basic Will (All prices inclusive of VAT) with us is broken down as follows:

Single Will = £440 Inc VAT (Tailored Meeting + Preparation Fee).

Couples Will = £590 Inc VAT (Tailored Meeting + Preparation Fee).

Your Will Preparation fee is included above at £147. You can choose to only have a tailored meeting at £295 before deciding to proceed with the Will preparation.

More complex Wills incorporating multiple gifts, Trusts or Tax planning can cost more depending on the type of trust. As a guide for making a Will and Trust together you will be looking at costs in excess of £800. We will be able to assess the overall costs of your Will at our initial meeting. 

Our fees for making a Will include storage.

Disputing a will / disputing inheritance?

How much will it cost to challenge a will?

Removing an executor from a will – can you / should you?

If you think you may have a claim because you have not been included in a will or not sufficiently included, click here.

Whether you are an individual beneficiary, a trustee, an executor or an administrator, whether you are a claimant or defendant, we have experience in acting for you. Our Dispute Resolution Team can help you.

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