Duncan Turner Associates Ltd

by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute. For your complete peace of mind, our Professional Indemnity Insurance covers every Will up to £2,000,000. Our trained consultants have years of experience and adopt a friendly consultative approach to ensure your needs are met. We pride ourselves on our commitment to provide a professional and speedy service at all times, whilst maintaining the highest quality of work. Without a valid Will, your estate will be distributed in accordance to rules of intestacy. By making a Will you will have certainty regarding who your estate will go to. You can also appoint people of your choice in various capacities, such as executors or guardians of any children under the age of 18. Protective Trust Wills (PTW) are more powerful than Basic Wills and can safeguard your assets for many years. They enable you to put in place arrangements to take care of your loved ones even after the death of your partner. In many ways, a PTW is very similar to a Basic Will. It appoints Executors and specifies how your estate will be distributed on your death. Similarly, it can also contain guardianship clauses and specific gift clauses. However, there are several advantages to be gained by including such clauses in your Will to protect your assets from various scenarios. Such protection is not afforded by a simple Basic Will. A Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) allows the appointment of one or more people of your choice (attorneys) to manage your affairs. You can choose to do this just to make your life easier, or for it to be in place in case you cannot manage your own affairs, whether that be through temporary (such as being unconscious) or permanent (such as developing dementia) loss of mental capacity. People normally choose those closest to them to act as their attorneys. It is also possible to appoint replacement attorneys to take over if your attorneys are no longer able to act.