Wills and Executry

John Henderson & Sons LLP have many years of experience in helping families to deal with legal matters when someone dies. Our Executry Partners John Millar and Sharon Galloway should be contacted for advice.

Making a will

Making a Will is one way of being sure that your money and possessions will be distributed as you wish after your death. In certain cases if you do not leave a Will the results can be disastrous for your family or close partner and your money may not end up where you would have wished, whether you have a large estate or not it is important that your last wishes be noted in writing.

How do I make a will?

John Henderson & Sons LLP can guide you through the very simple procedures involved with making a will. We will take your instructions, at home if necessary, and prepare a specific Will that meets your needs and wishes. In many cases it will only take a five or ten minute meeting to ascertain your wishes and the rest can be left to us. John Henderson & Sons LLP will also advise you whether inheritance tax is a matter to be considered. There are a number of steps which can be taken to reduce tax liability and in appropriate cases inheritance tax planning can save substantial sums of money. The cost of making a Will is generally not that great. John or Sharon will be pleased to give you a quotation on request.

Powers of Attorney

This enables someone to manage your affairs now or in the future.  It is fairly easy procedure to put a Power of Attorney in place and can save your family or close partner a great deal of expense and worry should you loose the ability to deal with your own affairs in the future.  John Henderson & Sons LLP have many years experience in handling the affairs of clients who are either no longer able to look after their business affairs or who simply do not wish to.