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Archive for November, 2009

Make a Will – Make a Difference During Will Aid Month

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Certainty teams up with Will Aid for November campaign.

Certainty has teamed up with the UK’s most enduring and successful charity Will-making scheme Will Aid in support of their November campaign.

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Let’s recognise the ’specialness’ of the live-in partner

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

Published: 1st November 2009  Source: Julian Knight, Independent

It’s a difficult one Should people who are cohabiting have the right to claim the estates of their loved ones when they die in the same way bereaved spouses or civil partners do? The UK Law Commission says yes. But others say that if the cohabitees had meant their partners to have a share of their wealth they would have either got married or written a will. Dig deeper and the argument becomes one about protecting the “specialness” of marriage.

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Get lasting peace of mind from a ‘living will’

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

Published: 31st October 2009  Source: Stephen Womack, Mail on Sunday Personal Finance Correspondent

Pensioners are being urged to draft ‘living wills’ in case they become incapacitated. As The Mail on Sunday reported last week, thousands of families each year have to apply to the Court of Protection if a relative is struck down with dementia or other long-term illnesses.

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