Wills
We provide expert, sound advice and assist with the drafting of your Will, in line with your final wishes.
Secure Your Legacy: Protect your assets and ensure your wishes are honored
A Last Will and Testament is certainly one of the most important documents you will sign during your lifetime.
Apart from providing you with the opportunity to name your heirs and successors, a will is also the instrument used to
- Nominate a legal guardian for your minor children;
- Nominate and appoint a competent person as executor of your estate;
- Facilitate the quick settlement of your estate and assisting those who stay behind in reaching closure regarding the financial implications of your death;
- Provide some indication of the way forward to your family in a time of uncertainty.
It is therefore important to seek professional advice when drawing up your will in order to ensure that it conforms to legally prescribed formalities and is indeed valid, and also to ensure that the provisions contained in your will are feasible.
For professional assistance, contact us to get started on your will.
Other Services that we offer:
Deceased Estates
We provide compassionate support and guidance for families during the complex process of managing a loved one’s estate.
Trusts
We provide effective estate planning solutions, protecting and managing your assets for the benefit of your beneficiaries.
Conveyancing
We offer professional, reliable and hassle-free property transfers with expert guidance and support throughout the process.
Notarial
With our expertise and attention to detail, you can trust that your notarial needs will be handled efficiently and with the utmost care.
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Renegotiating After You’ve Signed: The Email That Ended a Property Sale
After their bond was withdrawn, the buyers were given time to arrange new finance. Instead, one of them emailed the conveyancer saying they would only apply for another bond after the seller repaired an alleged defect or agreed to reduce the price. The seller understood this to mean that the buyers would not proceed on the terms they had already accepted. She cancelled the sale, and the High Court agreed that she was entitled to do so. The buyers lost the sale and the money already paid and faced further financial consequences.
Was it Even His Signature? How to Overturn a Fraudulent Will
It’s unfortunately all too common a tale. Out of the blue, an older person, rendered vulnerable by age or illness, acquires a new “friend”. Before anyone in the family realises what’s going on, their loved one has died, and the fraudster claims to be sole heir in terms of a last-minute will. No surprise then that our courts must often determine whether a deceased person’s last will was tainted by incapacity, undue influence, fraud, or even forgery. The sad tale of a 90-year-old man who left behind two conflicting wills is a good example of how our courts approach these situations.
Employ a Foreign National? What You Must Check Now, and What Could Change
Under the current law, it is already illegal to employ someone who is not legally entitled to work in South Africa. This applies to businesses and to households employing foreign domestic workers, nannies or gardeners. A new Bill proposes additional duties and higher penalties for employers, but these changes are not yet law. Employers should therefore comply with the existing law and remain alert to the proposed changes.
National Wills Week: Do You Really Need 6 Types of Will?
At the heart of your estate planning is your will (“Last Will and Testament”). Without it, you lose your right to choose your heirs, to choose the executor of your estate, and to choose who will look after your children and your family trusts when you die. But there’s lots of online chatter about other types of “will” such as offshore wills, digital wills, business wills, ethical wills and living wills. What are they and do you really need to put them all in place?