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Attorneys, Executors and Trustees

These three titles often confuse many lay people when planning their affairs both for life and death. It is understood that each of the titles refer to someone who is acting on your behalf , but how and when appear to cause confusion. Firstly all of the titles refer...

Goodbye House

Research carried out for the Royal London Insurance Company found that bills for a typical stay in a care home were likely to be between £50000 and £93000.and that the total would mean a loss of between a fifth and a half of the value of an average house. It found...

Peace of Mind

Many people I meet on the subject of Wills seek an answer to the nagging thought of what will happen after their death. What will happen to their belongings and assets,who will deal with them,how and who are executors appointed,what about the funeral,can pets be taken...

Social Care costs

Government’s answer to the rising burden of Social Care appears to be to place the burden fairly and squarely with Local Authorities. They have been allowed to increase Council Tax to meet the cost of providing care in the community for the elderly and infirm....

Care home Fees-forever upwards

A new report by the healthcare agency ‘Prestige Nursing and Care’ states that the average cost of a single room in a care home has soared by 5.2% in the past year to £30926pa.This is an average throughout the country. In London for example the costs have...