We are Commissioners for Oaths and as such can swear affidavits, oaths and statutory declarations. We also undertake the drafting of such documents where required. We can also certify documents if required.

Although this usually arises in the context of Wills and IHT planning, it is sometimes the case that property is held jointly as ‘joint tenants’, which means that it passes automatically to the surviving co-owner(s) when one owner dies. This can be contrary to what you may wish to happen e.g. in cases of divorce, separation or estrangement. Sometimes it is preferable for property (and this can include bank accounts and investments etc) to be held as ‘tenants-in-common’, where each owner holds a distinct and definable share in the assets and which passes in accordance with their Will (or the intestacy rules if there is no Will).

We can advise on how a joint tenancy can be severed and whether a tenancy-in-common is preferable.

It is easy to feel as if you are drowning in paperwork … despite companies adopting various policies to be ‘greener’ and cutting down on the amount of paper they send through the post, it is very easy to become inundated with paperwork and to try and make sense of it.

We love creating order out of chaos and are happy to help you sort through paperwork to decide what is relevant and what can be thrown away. We can help you on a one-off basis, either advising you on the contents of a letter or helping you fill in a form, for instance, or we can help you put a mountain of paperwork into order. No job is too small or too big!

We all often have spells of feeling overwhelmed by life, and sometimes wish somebody would just do it all for us! If you feel you need a hand with managing your financial or personal affairs then please contact us to see how we can help you. You may want a hand with a one-off thing or help over a longer period, perhaps while you are in hospital or recovering from an operation.