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About A.D.E Wills

Based in the beautiful and historic city of Oxford, we are here to help you leave the legacy you want with a Will that protects your family and loved ones. 

How to make a Will online

As Oxford’s pioneering Will writers, we provide an innovative service; so, you can now make your Will at home, on your desktop, laptop, tablet or smartphone.

Choosing your Will writer

How you choose to write your Will can impact your family and legacy; so, it is important to choose the right method for you.

Use our helpful guides

Free Information Guides

This comprehensive guide is useful for those writing their first Will and contains the following information:

● What happens if they do not make a Will
● The ways in which they can make a valid Will
● What they should include in their Will
● How to sign their Will
● Other factors they should consider before writing their Will
● A glossary explaining the commonly-used legal jargon

This guide provides a checklist of what to consider and what documents to organise when preparing for your Instructions meeting. It contains the following information:

● Which appointments to consider, including your executors, trustees and guardians
● What information we require for any person you wish to mention in your Will
● The most important documents to prepare for certain assets and property you own
● The details we require for any pensions and life assurance policies you may have

This guide provides a comprehensive overview to help you sign your Will in accordance with the legal requirements. It contains the following information:

● Step-by-step instructions for conducting the signing of your Will
● Suitable choices for witnesses
● Guidance on best practice when storing your Will
● How we can help with the printing and storing of your Will

This guide provides thorough advice and guidance for those considering LPAs and contains the following information:

● What an LPA is
● The types of LPAs available
● How to make an LPA
● What to consider before making an LPA
● An explanation and overview of the terms and people involved
● How to sign and register an LPA
● How to cancel an LPA

This guide provides a checklist of what to consider when preparing for your Instructions meeting. It contains the following information:

● Which appointments to make, including your attorneys and replacement attorneys, and factors to consider
● Your options for when your financial attorneys can start helping you
● Your options when considering decisions regarding life-sustaining treatment
● Who to consider as your Certificate Provider

This guide outlines in detail exactly how sign your LPA in accordance with the legal requirements. It contains the following information:

● Step-by-step instructions for conducting the signing of your LPAs
● Suitable choices for your witnesses
● Suitable choices for your Certificate Provider
● The order for signing your LPA
● How to register your LPA
● A Signing and Registering Checklist 

Free Checklists

This quick-start guide provides a good summary for those writing their Will and contains information on the 6-step process.

This quick-reference guide provides a comprehensive overview for those making their LPAs and contains information on the 7-step process.

This quick-reference guide provides guidance on what to consider when planning your legacy and what to store with your Will. 

Our Service Booklets

An overview of all our services available to help you write the Will to cover all your needs, and more.

An overview of all our LPA services to ensure you make a legally-effective LPA, as well as ordinary and general power of attorneys.

FAQs

Yes, we can. When updating your Will there are three main options which are based on the nature and extent of the changes you wish to make. If it is something small before you have signed your Will, you can make a change on the paper itself. You and your witnesses must initial and date the amendment. This is a risky procedure with lots of pitfalls so we often advise against it. You can make a codicil which serves to republish the Will on the date of the codicil to include the new changes. However, our most recommended option is to just rewrite or make a new Will.

Yes we do. You can include your funeral wishes in your Will. We work with Dignity who offer helpful prepaid funeral plans which effectively save you from rising funeral prices. We can work with you to ensure you have the funeral plans you want in place and record them in your Will.

Yes we do. When taking instructions, it is part of our Will writing service that we ask for details about the nature and size of your estate. This shows you had testamentary capacity when making your Will as you understood in general terms what assets you owned, but also allows us to inform you whether your estate is likely to be subject to inheritance tax. We also offer advice on how to plan your estate to minimise your tax liability. We work closely with a team of financial experts who can give even more specialist advice.

There are several options you can choose from. You can make a gift of your pet to a named individual, your executors (for them to choose someone) or an animal charity. You can create a trust for the care of your pet. You can even include a letter of wishes with your Will to provide guidance on how to look after your pet.

If your next-door neighbour witnesses your Will, your Will is still legal and valid, however, the gift in your Will to your next-door neighbour will be invalid. This is to ensure that the Will signing process is as neutral as possible. If you need help with signing your Will, we offer an execution service and can help out.

Thank you for your question and congratulations on your recent marriage. Marriage revokes a Will. When you got remarried, your Will was revoked. As such, you have no Will in place and so your property will be distributed in accordance with the intestacy rules. You will need to make a new Will if you have specific wishes in mind or you wish for the terms of your old Will to be in place again.

You can include your funeral wishes and we can help you to include a provision in your Will outlining that you have a prepaid funeral plan in place. Though, it is worth noting that funeral wishes in your Will are not binding on your executors and it is they who have legal responsibility over what to do with your body. However, your executor must take your views (including your funeral plans) into account.

You will not be able to help them directly in writing their Will because a Will should reflect the wishes of the person in question. The Will should be made without any influence from anyone else. Otherwise, the Will may be challenged on grounds of undue influence or not reflecting their wishes. We can help your parents to write their Wills for them; however, we can only take instructions from them to ensure we have an independent record of their wishes. This protects you and your inheritance, as much as your parents.

Wait until your new Will has been signed and witnesses. Thereafter, destroy your old one to remove any confusion. You can burn, tear it apart or otherwise destroy it with intention to revoke it.

A former spouse can make a claim under the Inheritance (Provisions for Family and Dependants) Act 1975. However, there is usually a clause contained in your divorce order barring the spouse from making any such inheritance claims.

You can make a claim under the Inheritance Act 1975. However, the claim would be for reasonable financial provision and factors such as your financial dependence and needs would be considered in this claim against your mum’s reasons for excluding you.

Mutual Wills are generally unadvisable. When making mutual Wills, you are essentially entering an agreement saying you will not change your Will without the other’s consent. Problems arise when the first dies, having complied with the agreement, and the surviving partner wishes to change their Will. We often advise using mirror Wills (which are different to mutual Wills) in the context of married couples.

We do indeed. We are proud to have partnered up with Oxford United in the Community, Oxford United’s official charity. If you leave a legacy of any value to them, we will write your Will for free.

For basic Wills, we provide you with a draft copy to review within 7 working days.

Yes we can. We offer home visits. We are currently operating in line with social distancing measures. However, in the meantime, we can set up an online meeting to talk further.distancing measures. However, in the meantime, we can set up an online meeting to talk further.

Land is immovable property and so is subject to the local laws of the country it is in. You can include them in your English Will; however, if your provisions conflict or are not recognised by the local laws of Spain or Mexico, then their local laws will prevail. 

Charitable gifts in your Will are totally exempt from inheritance tax. If you leave 10% of your net estate to charity in your Will, you will have a reduced tax liability.

There are ways to exclude someone from your Will. We usually advise on a clause in your Will accompanied by a letter of reasons to outline why you wish to exclude or disinherit the person in question. However, as your brother does not appear to be financially dependent on you, he would not be able to make a claim under the Inheritance Act 1975, and so no clause is necessary.

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