Wills, Probate & Executry Blog

Powers of attorney are documents giving someone else the power to make decisions on your behalf when you are no longer capable of doing so. These could be financial decisions or, depending on the type of power of attorney given, decisions about your welfare.

Britain may be basking in a post-Olympic glow, but the nation's personal financial legacies are in need of a boost, according to a new survey by Nationwide Building Society.

This year, five leading non-profits at the forefront of health and drug policy reform will benefit from a generous bequest of approximately $10 million from the estate of software pioneer Ashawna (Shawn) Hailey.

Wills and probate solicitors around the UK have succeeded in raising nearly £2 million for the latest Will Aid campaign, beating all previous records.

Sun Life Direct has recently published the results of its Annual Cost of Dying Report.