Hipkin and Co. Solicitors have always provided a dedicated Wills drafting service for clients. These range from simple mirror image Wills for a husband and wife within the Inheritance Tax threshold right through to the most complicated transactions including inheritance tax planning; the exclusion of family members whom the testator does not wish to include and complex Trust planning.

In the cases of unmarried partners, particularly with stepchildren or divorced or separated spouses it is particularly important that their affairs are put in order by way of a properly constructed Will so that the right beneficiaries receive their Estate.

The laws of Intestacy (where there is no Will) often provides for the wrong person to receive an interest in the Estate.

Hipkin and Co. Solicitors can guide you through obtaining a Grant of Probate, Administration of the Estate and advise you as to tax implications in the most efficient way.

Hipkin and Co. Solicitors act also in the specialist area of advice on residential care problems or general advice to the elderly including provision of Trusts or children regarding the elderly clients home; enduring Powers of Attorney and Public Guardianship assistance (when the client is unable to look after their own affairs) and also in the field of contested Probate and Inheritance claims generally in the courts when a persons Will or Estate is contested.