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The 6 part series titled “Can’t Take It With You” aims to explore the complex issues that can arise when drafting a will.
Here at FDC Law, we have been highlighting the dangers of dying without making a properly drafted will for many years and it is encouraging to see a serious and entertaining piece of television addressing this issue.
The programmes are hosted by Sir Gerry Robinson in conjunction with Sue Medder, a wills solicitor and partner with Withers.
The first programme highlighted the difficulties that can be encountered, and the emotions that can be raised, when making important decisions about who will benefit from an individual’s estate on death. The programme was particularly concerned with two issues – one, the conflicts over charitable giving and, two, the complexities that can arise when considering beneficiaries after second marriages.
Two couples featured and of the first couple, Lesley wanted the leave half the family home to charity but her husband, David, wanted it all to be left to his two sons from a previous marriage.
The second family, saw army Major Tom, who was on route to Bagdad, wanting to make a will that included his two step daughters while his wife, Keira, was against the principle of inheritance and wanted everything they jointly owned left to charity.
The programme made for interesting viewing with both couples needing to face some uncomfortable home truths before they made their decisions.
The episode also contained a section where potential executors under the wills were gathered together in a room over dinner to discuss the various issues. This section highlighted the careful consideration that needs to be given when choosing executors and, following some frank exchanges during the dinner, David ended up changing his original decision on who would be the executors under his will.
Deciding who gets what in a will can be one of the toughest decisions anyone has to make but this programme also highlighted the clear dangers in not making appropriate provisions before death and the implications that that could have on the families left behind.
If the first episode is anything to go on, the remaining five programmes will be well worth watching.
Here at FDC Law, we have been highlighting the dangers of dying without making a properly drafted will for many years and it is encouraging to see a serious and entertaining piece of television addressing this issue.
The programmes are hosted by Sir Gerry Robinson in conjunction with Sue Medder, a wills solicitor and partner with Withers.
The first programme highlighted the difficulties that can be encountered, and the emotions that can be raised, when making important decisions about who will benefit from an individual’s estate on death. The programme was particularly concerned with two issues – one, the conflicts over charitable giving and, two, the complexities that can arise when considering beneficiaries after second marriages.
Two couples featured and of the first couple, Lesley wanted the leave half the family home to charity but her husband, David, wanted it all to be left to his two sons from a previous marriage.
The second family, saw army Major Tom, who was on route to Bagdad, wanting to make a will that included his two step daughters while his wife, Keira, was against the principle of inheritance and wanted everything they jointly owned left to charity.
The programme made for interesting viewing with both couples needing to face some uncomfortable home truths before they made their decisions.
The episode also contained a section where potential executors under the wills were gathered together in a room over dinner to discuss the various issues. This section highlighted the careful consideration that needs to be given when choosing executors and, following some frank exchanges during the dinner, David ended up changing his original decision on who would be the executors under his will.
Deciding who gets what in a will can be one of the toughest decisions anyone has to make but this programme also highlighted the clear dangers in not making appropriate provisions before death and the implications that that could have on the families left behind.
If the first episode is anything to go on, the remaining five programmes will be well worth watching.