When we are drawing up Wills for clients who have children and grandchildren, we find that most of our clients want to benefit their family, and if possible pay as little Inheritance Tax as they legally can, so that future generations can benefit from the value of their property and their life savings.

Life used to be less complicated when passing on such assets as photographs, CDs, DVDs and books.  Notebooks and diaries filled your ideas and thoughts. These items were normally held in physical form and distributed to family and friends or in accordance with a person’s wishes when they died.

The Duke of Westminster died on 9 August 2016 with his title passing to his son, Hugh.  The estimated value of land owned by the Grosvenor family is on the region of around £9 billion.

They say man’s best friend is his dog – or perhaps it might be his cat, or horse or even his parrots.

We are often asked when drawing up Wills for clients to make provisions for their pets in the event of the client’s death.