This cannot be done last minute and does require expert advice and planning. It can involve restructuring how you legally hold property you own , making lifetime gifts within tax allowances, and using discretional trusts to provide for dependants. Hindle Campbell legal experts can advise on how best to minimise your inheritance tax and also has specialists that can be referred to if necessary for complex personal and company tax issues.

If this is done correctly in accordance with the Mental Capacity Act 2005 medical professionals must follow your wishes even if they consider it is not in your best interests. This does not need to be in writing unless you are wanting to refuse lifesaving treatment in which case it is signed and witnessed as if it were a Will and it must clearly state you wish to refuse treatment even if your life is at risk.

The directive will only take effect at a time when you do not have the mental capacity any more to make these decisions yourself. It cannot be used however to request treatment nor to refuse basic care. At Hindle Campbell Law we are very happy to talk you through your options should this be a concern for you and explain the processes involved.

This will take effect in the future when you are no longer able to give informed consent regarding how you want to be treated and cared for. It will ensure that others including doctors and health care workers know what decisions you would have made had you been able to.

Our expert lawyers have the experience to listen carefully to your issues and requirements and draw your Living Will as you want. They will ensure everyone whom needs to know it exists will be told for when or if it is needed.

At Hindle Campbell Law we are very happy to talk you through your options should this be a concern for you and explain the processes involved.

Anyone over the age of 18 can be appointed but as it is a position of trust it is usually family friends or Lawyers. The Lawyer will generally do all the administration work such as notifying all interested parties, and collecting in the assets, obtaining the Grant of Probate and then making the payment of legacies, transferring property or arranging its sale. It is the executors that ensure everything in done correctly and sign the official documentation. The role of your lawyer is to make sure the stress involved in dealing with an Estate is minimised and the process proceeds as smoothly and quickly as possible.