Social Care Funding- What is changing? The government’s adult social care proposals, announced in September 2021, are a good step towards...

Life is about balance. We know that you want to make sure that your family benefit from your estate but have you also considered that you...

A Family Protection Will ensures that your hard earned estate stays within your bloodline and can't be fettered away by interfering third...

The 6th of April sees the start of the new tax year and with a new tax year comes new tax rules, including the dreaded Inheritance Tax....

Wills aren’t just for “old people.” Nobody knows what is around the corner and having a Will in place can make things much easier for...

Technology can be a wonderful thing and is making the lives of many people who are currently self-isolating much easier. We have had...

Have you ever applied for a new passport and asked the post office to make sure that you have filled the forms in correctly? We offer...

With the spread of Covid-19, the Coronavirus, it is easy to be scared and not sure what you should be doing to prepare. Caroline...

Meet Mr and Mrs Jones- They have 2 children, Alex and Jane, they are both happily married and each have two children. Mr and Mrs Jones...

How having a Property Protection Will can help prevent the full value of your home from being swallowed up in care fees.

The story of Mr and Mrs Wilson Mr and Mrs Wilson have a joint bank account that all of the bills are paid out of, it has a balance of...

Most people in Alvechurch will know of Alvechurch Insurance Services or David E Matthews. The faces will be very familiar to village...

Why you should use Alvechurch Legal Services instead of your local High Street Solicitor? We're different to other solicitors, but in a...

Who doesn’t want to avoid paying for their care fees or inheritance tax? Whilst there are legitimate ways to help lower your exposure,...

Sometimes its better to keep things simple. That’s why we’re asking, do you really need a complicated Bloodline Trust Will? What is a...

If you die without a valid Will, this is called dying intestate. If you die intestate, the government, through statute, sets out how...

How to own your property- Joint Tenants v Tenants in Common? There are two different ways that you can own property with somebody else....

A Deputyship Order is very similar to a Lasting Power of Attorney in that it allows an appointed person (a Deputy) to act on your behalf...

In short: Very little. Chartered Institution of legal Executives (CILEx) and Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) are both authorised...

Without these documents in place, you could be leaving your family with a very costly application to the Court of Protection. Thinking...