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Articles from our blog relating to Making a Will.
As we have done in the past, Grigor & Young LLP will run a Wills promotion in May 2024, intended to encourage you to make a Will and help a local charity in the process. Would you be willing to support The Ladybird Development Group this May? For 2024, we have chosen The Ladybird Development …
Confidentiality in relation to Wills Solicitors in Scotland – and elsewhere – owe a duty of confidentiality to all clients. After the client dies, the duty continues. It will transfer to the personal representatives of the deceased. They will be the Executors appointed by the deceased’s Will or by the Court if a person has …
Yo-Yo Ma began learning cello at age 4 on a 1/16th-size instrument. (That’s the one at the left-hand-side in the image at the top of this post; the one at the far right is full-sized). He is probably the most revered cellist in the world. Born in Paris in 1955, his family moved to the …
Under conditions of social distancing, it’s more difficult to make a Will or Power of Attorney. But it is not impossible. The Law Society of Scotland has issued guidelines as to how it is still possible for solicitors to take instructions to prepare Wills and Powers of Attorney for clients and for clients to get …
In November 2017, Grigor & Young ran a promotion, agreeing to donate £100 from each fee for preparation of a Will to Moray Foodbank. In 2016, Moray Foodbank’s charitable work allowed them to help in excess of 2,000 people in Moray. This is an essential service in alleviating the effects of food poverty. The Foodbank …
It is human nature to put off making a will. Perhaps it’s because making one is finally admitting we are mortal and one day will die. However, it has been proven that putting off this decision doesn’t make any difference to your life expectancy. Making a will earlier, in a planned manner and without any …
Our digital life will last beyond our own life. As our lives become more and more digitised, we are creating a new category of personal property, that is, digital assets. This includes online accounts, photos, music and emails. There are three areas generally identified – to think about and prepare for – when it comes …
Statistics quoted by the Institute of Fundraising indicate that, though 58% of the UK population give to charity during their lifetime, only 7% leave a bequest or legacy to charity in their will (mentioned in this pdf download, entitled “Legacies (in 60 minutes)”). The problem with considering leaving something to charity in our will probably stems …
