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  • 10 years since I commented on this. Still haven't got a will. So you can see I'm very proactive when it comes to legal paperwork. Given the high likelihood of death in my line of work fun I'm revisiting this topic.

    Do I need to lawyer up? Can I write any old shit on some bogroll and be legit? What's the best way to approach this? Oh, both me and my long-suffering but also not dead yet partner need to do this.

  • Am a lawyer, am not your or anyone else here’s lawyer. Having worked on contested inheritances, both with and without existing wills, please make an effort to get a proper will done if you have extensive assets or a complex estate (e.g., assets in multiple countries, leaving inheritance to someone who lacks legal capacity, previous marriages, businesses or trusts, etc. )

    The UK seems pretty straightforward:

    https://www.gov.uk/make-will/make-sure-your-will-is-legal

  • Thanks.

    Not really complex, other than your point about having scattered assets in multiple countries.

    Is the point of the will to document all my assets though (ballache!) or just say "take everything I have and let this person decide"?

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