Episode 62

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6th Mar 2024

Calling all parents - Have you written a will?

If not, you must listen to this podcast! 

We spoke to Bik-ki Wong and Helen Thompson who are both partners at Myerson solicitors 

Bik-ki is responsible for wills, trust and probate and Helen heads up the department that looks after contesting wills. 

We talked to Bik-ki about: 

  • What happens if you don’t write a will? Doesn’t it just go to my husband / wife?  Not necessarily, Bik-ki explained. And what happens if you aren’t married? 
  • How many people we know who don’t have a will and don’t want to think about it. 
  • The fact that a will doesn’t have to be expensive; you can have a simple one drawn up and there are charities that might write a simple one for you. 
  • What happens if you both die and don’t have a will or are a sole / single parent? 
  • Appointing a guardian, how you do this and the implications. 
  • Some real-life case studies of families who realised they needed to make a will for example because of illness or divorce. 
  • How often you should review your will once it has been written. 
  • Some of the terminology and responsibilities. The role of an Executor, Trustee, Guardian, how many you should have and things to consider when choosing them. 
  • How having family planning meetings around writing wills can be helpful. 
  • 3 things that Bik-Ki would say to someone who doesn't have a will. 

And we talked to Helen about: 

What happens when... 

  • a will is challenged and the associated issues and conflicts. 
  • there isn’t a will and the intestacy rules that come in to play where the law decides what happens. 
  • for example, a child isn’t provided for in a will because a will hasn’t been updated. 
  • Considerations for blended families, step families, solo parents, single parents etc. 

3 things to consider when looking at issues with a will. 

Instagram: @myersonsolicitors @bespokefamily / Facebook - @bespokefamily 

More information about Myerson can be found here - https://www.myerson.co.uk/ 

Contact Myerson about making a will here

Government information on making a will: https://www.gov.uk/make-will 

Read our bereavement blogs here including a blog from Bik-Ki about writing a will 

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This podcast is produced by Decibelle Creative 

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