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Making Life Easier for Your Executors: A Practical Guide

Making Life Easier for Your Executors: A Practical Guide

Being named as an executor of someone's Will is both an honour and a significant responsibility. At Acorn Solicitors, we regularly see the challenges executors face when trying to administer estates without adequate information. This guide aims to help you prepare...

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Why do I need a Lasting Power of Attorney?

Why do I need a Lasting Power of Attorney?

A Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) allows you to appoint someone to make decisions on your behalf in relation to your property and financial affairs and/or your health and welfare. What is an LPA? An LPA is a legal document that allows you to appoint someone (called an...

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Probate – Who, what, where & how?

Probate – Who, what, where & how?

Probate. It’s a bit confusing isn’t it? When do we need it, how do we apply for it? In this article we’ll look at the basics; a good place to start.  What IS Probate? When someone dies the law calls them “the deceased” and everything they owned (this is called their...

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Famous Folk who Died Without Leaving a Will

Famous Folk who Died Without Leaving a Will

What happens when you die without leaving a Will (i.e. you die intestate)? If there is no Will written when you die then you die intestate. This will mean that property or assets automatically pass onto your next of kin. When soul singer Amy Winehouse tragically died...

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