A properly drawn Will enables your intentions regarding your estate to
be clear to those you leave behind.
Your Executors assume responsibility for your affairs with immediate
effect; they do not need to wait for their appointment to be confirmed by the
court although this will be required for certain assets.
You decide who you wish to benefit, who you wish to administer your
estate and how the tax burden (if any) should fall.
At last some good news from the Treasury concerning inheritance tax. However, despite the press headlines, the changes announced by the chancellor, Mr Darling, are more about the operation of the allowances than increasing them.
