Professional will writing
Make Your Wishes Clear.
A professionally prepared will helps make sure your wishes are understood and the people you care about are provided for.
Start Your Will Enquiry
Tell us the basics. We'll contact you to discuss what you need.
01 / Why a will matters
Your will is about more than who gets what.
A properly prepared will can help you:
- decide who should inherit
- appoint executors
- appoint guardians for minor children
- leave gifts to particular people or charities
- make provision for particular family circumstances
- include appropriate trust provisions
- reduce uncertainty for family members
No will in place
Your estate may be distributed under intestacy rules rather than according to assumptions or informal wishes.
An old will
Changes in relationships, family circumstances, assets or wishes can mean an old will should be reviewed.
A more complicated family
Second marriages, children from earlier relationships, vulnerable beneficiaries and other circumstances may justify more careful planning.
02 / What we can help with
A will built around your circumstances.
Single Will
For an individual who wants to put their wishes formally in place.
Explore serviceMirror Wills
Often suitable for couples who want broadly corresponding arrangements.
Explore serviceWills with Testamentary Trusts
Where appropriate provisions need to continue after death rather than passing assets outright immediately.
Explore serviceReplacement or Updated Wills
For people whose existing will no longer reflects their circumstances.
Explore service03 / What we discuss
The important decisions, explained clearly.
Executors
Who should deal with your estate.
Beneficiaries
Who you want to benefit.
Children & Guardians
Who you would want to care for minor children.
Specific Gifts
Money, possessions or charitable gifts.
Trust Provisions
Where assets may need to be held rather than passed outright.
Your Residue
Who should receive what remains after debts, expenses and specific gifts.
Not every will requires every provision. We will discuss what is relevant to your circumstances.
04 / How it works
From first enquiry to signed will.
Step 1: Start with a short enquiry
Give us your basic details.
Step 2: Tell us about your circumstances
We gather the information required to understand what your will needs to achieve.
Step 3: We prepare your will
Your will is drafted around your instructions.
Step 4: You review it
You have the opportunity to check the document and raise questions.
Step 5: Sign it correctly
We provide clear execution instructions so the will can be signed and witnessed correctly.
05 / Our approach
Will writing without the unnecessary upsell.
Our role is to help you put appropriate arrangements in place, not to sell unrelated products.
No prepaid probate packages
We do not sell future probate services as part of making your will.
No funeral-plan sales
We do not use your will enquiry to sell funeral products.
No unnecessary add-ons
If something is not relevant to your circumstances, we do not recommend it simply to increase the cost.
Independent signposting
Where you need specialist advice outside our service, we may suggest that you obtain it from an appropriate independent professional.
06 / Will + LPA
Your will protects your wishes after death. An LPA can protect your choices during life.
Will
- operates after death
- deals with your estate
- appoints executors
- states who should benefit
Lasting Power of Attorney
- operates during lifetime
- gives chosen attorneys authority
- can deal with finances and property
- can deal with health and welfare decisions
07 / Questions
Questions worth asking.
Plain answers to the things people most often wonder about.
Talk to us about your will.
Already know you need a will, or simply want to understand your options? Tell us a little about your circumstances.
Please do not include bank details, asset values or identity numbers. We will ask for what we need later, in conversation.
Put Your Wishes in Writing.
Start with a short enquiry. We'll explain what information is required and the next step.
Clear Will Writing is a specialist will-writing service and is not a firm of solicitors.