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The most peculiar Will requests

on 27-Aug-2015 09:00:00 By | Kings Court Trust |
Kings Court Trust firmly believes in the benefits of having a professional help draft a Will to ensure that everybody’s final wishes are made clear and carried out accurately. Drafting a Will and carefully considering what is to happen to our finances is not the most cheery of topics, but one that should be taken very seriously.
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How a £90 Will from Barclays cost a woman half her father's house

on 19-Jun-2015 09:00:00 By | Kings Court Trust |
Barclays are being sued for hundreds of thousands of pounds by a woman who claims the bank’s Will writing service resulted in her losing a stake in her late father’s London home. Although the bank is contesting the reports, Telegraph Money have revealed that when the complaint was assessed by the Financial Ombudsman Service, the bank was found at fault so the complaint has been progressed to the High Court.
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When William Herd died he left £300,000 but his only son never saw a penny: Why you must write a Will

on 25-Feb-2015 09:00:00 By | Kings Court Trust |
We’re sure you were as equally shocked as we were to hear about this case today. Stuart Herd’s widowed father, William, remarried at 67. His son Stuart was delighted as he’d feared his father would live out the rest of his days alone, after the death of his wife, Freda, in 1986.
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Bath In Top Ten Most Expensive Places For Cremations

on 19-Aug-2014 09:00:00 By | Kings Court Trust |
Bath is one of the ten most expensive places in the UK to be cremated in, according to a report into soaring funeral costs.
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Will Disputes - Why Are The Number of Cases Rising?

on 14-Aug-2014 09:00:00 By | Kings Court Trust |
We recently came across an article on Money Observer which discussed the possible reasons behind why the number of will disputes has been steadily rising over the past few years – information we at Kings Court Trust are of course very interested in.
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Will Claims Triple as Families Pick DIY Executors

on 31-Jul-2014 09:00:00 By | Kings Court Trust |
As an industry, we do struggle to get the right message across with regards to appointing the right executors. Quite often we are aware that acting as an executor for the lay person could be time consuming and perplexing even for the most capable of people. We also know there can be immense risks in tax liability and distribution liabilities if the executor gets it wrong, not to mention the risk of deliberate mishandling.
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