National Funeral Planning Awareness Week runs from 23rd February to 2nd March 2026, and encourages you to consider and make known your funeral wishes. One of the most effective ways to record your funeral wishes is within your Will, making...
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Disputes over a will can be emotionally draining and often come with a financial sting, too. When families find themselves in court over inheritance issues, one of the biggest questions is: who pays costs in probate disputes? Understanding how...
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On 16 May 2025, the UK government announced reforms to the country's outdated will-making process. With laws dating back to the Wills Act 1837, these changes aim to make creating a will easier, safer, and more accessible in today’s modern...
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When dealing with the estate of a friend or loved one, you may discover assets that are located in other countries. Those assets may be ‘physical’, such as land or property, or non-physical such as bank accounts or shareholdings. Dealing...
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Wills Act 1837 was amended temporarily in order to allow Wills to be validly signed and witnessed by using video-link from January 2020 to 31st January 2024. We discussed this in our 2020 blog Video Witnessing Of...
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Have you lodged an application for a Grant of Probate or Grant of Letters of Administration and wondered why you haven’t heard back for weeks, or even months? Grant of Probate can be lengthy, and we appreciate that this can be...
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Facing the loss of a loved one is an incredibly challenging and emotional time. Amidst the grief, there's a need to navigate through the practical matters that follow. If you find yourself wondering what to do when a loved one passes away, our...
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It’s the start of a new year, and thoughts may have turned to resolutions and life goals. Is updating your Will one of those? Probably not. And you’re not alone. Updating your Will – or even writing your first one – can seem like...
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Carers Rights Day takes place on Thursday 24 November. This annual campaign brings organisations together to help unpaid carers know their rights and find out how to get the help and support that they are entitled to. This year’s theme is...
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This year we were proud to continue our support of Carer’s Week, which ran from 7th June – 13th June. Carers Week is an annual campaign set up to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face and recognise the...
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GuardianCard Report Highlights The Problem of Financial Abuse Earlier this year GuardianCard published their In Safe Hands report. GuardianCard is a financial service that provides a safe, simple and secure solution for providing appropriately...
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Carers are a vital but often unrecognised part of the community, often selflessly providing much-needed long-term care to potentially isolated or vulnerable members of our society. Carers Week, which runs from 7th-13th June, is an annual campaign...
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We are proud to tell you that our friends over at Dementia Friendly Worthing along with Abbeyfield have secured funding for a 3 year project that supports people living with dementia and their carers. The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest...
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The Law Society has published research recently revealing that three quarters of people do not know what happens to their online presence after they die, leading to calls for a digital assets general clause to be included in Wills just like a...
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Being scammed can take a huge toll on your emotional well-being and mental health. This can be anything from a one-off scam to something which entangles you for months, every scam has an impact on your life no matter its size. Since the start of...
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2020 has been an unexpected challenge for so many and for so many different and personal reasons. Businesses and individuals alike have been affected and we at Bennett Griffin have not been immune to the challenges that Covid-19 has presented. We...
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