A will puts you in charge.
Choose who benefits, who's in charge, and how your loved ones are looked after. It's one of the kindest, clearest things you can do for your family — and everyone should have one.
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Why it matters
Making a will is a genuinely important step, and it brings real peace of mind. It lets you take care of the people and causes you love, and it spares your family difficult decisions at an already difficult time.
Without one, the law decides for you — and Scotland's intestacy rules can throw up some strange results. A long-term partner might even have to ask a court for permission to inherit anything at all. A will neatly avoids all of that.
A will neatly avoids all of that.
Clear wishes, no court, no guesswork.
How it helps you
Everything a will can do.
Protecting loved ones
Choose exactly how to provide for the people — and causes — that matter to you.
Control and choice
Decide who benefits, in what way, and when. It's your estate; you set the terms.
Certainty
Set out what happens, and have the comfort of knowing it's clear. No guesswork left behind.
A faster, simpler process
You name your executors, so it's known from the start who's in charge. That helps deal with banks and avoids going to court to appoint someone.
Fewer disputes
Setting out your wishes clearly reduces the scope for fall-outs over who decides and who inherits.
Keeping wealth in the family
The right kind of will can help hard-earned family money stay in the family — protected from relationship breakdowns, creditors and other risks.
Caring for young children or vulnerable adults
Name a guardian for children under 16, and set up a protective structure — such as a trust — for anyone who needs extra support.
Looking after a business
For a family or private business, the right will and the right executors can be critical to protecting — and even growing — its value.
Good to know
The bits people ask about.
What happens if I don't have a will?
Scotland's intestacy rules take over. They follow a fixed, dated formula that often isn't what you'd have chosen — and can leave young beneficiaries inheriting large sums with no protection at all. In short: best avoided.
What else should I think about?
Alongside your will, it's worth looking at pension death benefits, life cover, any death-in-service arrangements at work, business protection, and a power of attorney. We'll talk you through it.
Take control of your estate.
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