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Liam Payne’s passing highlights the importance of estate planning

The unexpected death of Liam Payne, best known as a member of the global pop phenomenon One Directio...

22-05-2025

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Rules of intestacy: What happens when you die without a Will

What are the UK rules of intestacy? When someone dies without a Will, they are said to have died int...

26-07-2023

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What to do when someone dies without a Will

When someone dies without leaving a Will, it is known as dying intestate. Intestacy can complicate t...

26-07-2023

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What does an Administrator of an estate do?

According to research from October 2021, over 10% of over 75s in the UK have not made a Will. When s...

22-03-2023

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What happens if a beneficiary cannot be found?

A beneficiary is an individual or organisation who has been named in a Will as receiving a benefit o...

11-01-2023

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Complex intestacies: Why you should leave a Will

At Kings Court Trust, we deal with a variety of different estates and we are sometimes faced with co...

18-05-2021

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TV & radio presenter, Caroline Flack, left no plans for her £2m estate

In February 2020, the heartbreaking news broke that Caroline Flack, the popular TV and radio present...

1-12-2020

Aretha Franklins Will found under sofa cushion

Handwritten Will found under sofa cushion in Aretha Franklin’s home

Aretha Franklin died on the 16th of August 2018 at the age of 76 after an ongoing battle with pancre...

14-08-2019

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