Supporting your lawyer isn’t about doing their job, it’s about giving them the tools they need to do their best work for you. Being responsive, organised, open and engaged, you not only help your lawyer, you help your matter progress more smoothly, strategically and efficiently.

What if you have the wrong will? What if there is an informal will that you don’t know about until it’s too late? What if there is a debt that you simply weren’t aware of?

You’ve called your solicitor’s office, you’ve decided to enter their hallowed halls, you know the kind: darkened rooms with chesterfield couches, banker’s lamps, woodgrain finishes. Oh! Sorry, this isn’t an episode of Bold and the Beautiful – but it can be just as dramatic.

Think of your home as a slice of toast – whether you like it just warmed or charcoal – it’s yours the way you like it. That aside, imagine you own that slice of toast with your spouse.

Once an adoption has formally taken place by way of final orders and amendments to the child’s Birth Certificate, the legal relationship between the biological parent(s) and child expires.

“Oh, I don’t need an Enduring Power of Attorney right now, I’ll wait until the time comes.”