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A leading Warrington law firm’s free will writing offer has helped raise funds for a rugby league club’s charitable foundation. Watsons Solicitors pledged to provide free wills in exchange for donations to the Warrington Wolves Charitable Foundation as part of its Will Week initiative in November 2018. And the campaign, which promoted the importance of […]

Watsons Solicitors is to offer free Wills in exchange for a donation to the Warrington Wolves Charitable Foundation. The leading Warrington law firm, which already partners with the Foundation, will provide the service the week commencing Monday 12 November 2018. The announcement comes in the wake of new statistics that show that half of UK […]

The continuing growth in popularity of co-habitation is putting tens of thousands more people at risk of losing the roof over their head if their partner dies without a will. Homelessness could become the stark reality for people at any age, including those who’ve lived happily with a partner for decades, says specialist wills lawyer, […]

A leading wills and probate lawyer is urging Cheshire residents to seek professional advice if they are named as the executor of a will. Alex Mitchell, partner and head of the probate team at Watsons Solicitors in Warrington, is seeing an increasing number of cases be delayed or incur financial penalties due to a ‘do-it-yourself’ […]

Writing a will is often a necessary part of good financial planning. Here, Watsons Solicitors highlight the importance of writing a will with a solicitor. What is the purpose of writing a will? Writing a will allows individuals to decide what happens to their assets on their passing. Without a will, it is up to the law to […]

Did you know that around half of the UK’s population haven’t made a will? Many people don’t think it’s important, or that their estate will automatically be distributed to certain people in the event of their death. However, this is not always the case. Here are seven reasons why you should make a will. You […]

In the modern age, many couples are choosing to live together without getting married. Moving in with your partner is an exciting time, but did you know that your rights are not the same as if you were married? Read on to find out more about the rights of cohabiting couples, and how we can […]

As we get older, we have to start thinking about situations that need to be treated with a level of sensitivity; such as what will happen to our estate or affairs when we pass away or can no longer make our own decisions. Here at Watsons we offer Will writing services and power of attorney […]

You would be wrong if you thought, ‘oh writing a Will is something you do when you get old’! If you own your home, have shares, inherited property, any other assets or have children there are lots of reasons to make a Will. You’ll need two witnesses to make it legal, but as long as […]

HMRC have published a technical note covering the proposals, announced in the Summer Budget 2015, to phase in a new residence nil-rate band (RNRB) from 6 April 2017 when a residence is passed on death to a direct descendant. The proposed rate bands are: £100,000 in 2017-18 £125,000 in 2018-19 £150,000 in 2019-20 £175,000 in […]