Posts from November 2021

Getting to know Angela

Posted on 30th November 2021

One of the first people I had a 121 with when I first joined BNI Sterling was Angela Stokes from Angela Jane Will Writing. A lovely human being with fascinating pastimes ...

Have you included your digital assets in your Will?

Posted on 24th November 2021

It’s a new question for our technological age – what happens to your digital assets when you die?

People often underestimate what’s in their estate when they start to think about their Will. It’s easy to forget about things that are stored in the cloud or on a laptop or smartphone, social media accounts, online bank accounts and cryptocurrencies.

Coding for a website is a digital asset that you could include in your Will.

Why property ownership matters for your Will

Posted on 12th November 2021

The ownership of your home can affect who can inherit it when you die.

In a recent High Court case a widow was awarded £80,000 from her brother-in-law’s inheritance following a dispute over property ownership. Here’s what happened.

Her husband has made a Will leaving his estate in full to her. However, after his death, there was a dispute concerning the family home that she had shared with him. The property was registered to her husband and his brother. It had been owned by their mother until she died in 2009, but it wasn’t clear whether the brothers held the property as joint tenants or as tenants-in-common.

Posts from November 2021

Getting to know Angela

Have you included your digital assets in your Will?

Why property ownership matters for your Will

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