Chafes Solicitors
Here are the details for this solicitor's practice area of Older People Advice. Please contact the solicitor using the details listed in the contact panel to the right hand side of this page. You can also choose to send an email enquiry or request a call back.
Wills
A well drafted Will allows you to specify who will administer your estate, appoint guardians for your children, provide for funeral arrangements, make gifts to charity or friends and ensure that your family or other loved ones have financial security. A Will can save a great deal of money and unnecessary worry for those closest to you.
We offer home and hospital appointments for elderly people whose circumstances require that extra level of personal care and attention.
Inheritance Tax Planning
With specialist advice, it is possible to greatly reduce or even eliminate your potential inheritance tax liability. We offer expert advice on how to manage your inheritance tax liability through a mixture of lifetime and Will planning. Our tax planning will focus on: potential life policy planning, death benefit planning, tax efficient outright gifts, setting up tax efficient lifetime trusts and maximising agricultural and business inheritance tax exemptions.
Probate and the Administration of Estates
We can help to apply for probate, deal with inheritance tax formalities, collect and distribute the assets. We will also alert you to the possibility of tax savings affected through a deed of variation where appropriate.
Trusts
We can help clients with the creation of a trust designed to hold money during their lifetime by mitigating inheritance tax or ring-fencing money to maintain state benefits.
There are a number of different trust types our solicitors can administer, including: bare trusts, life interest trusts, discretionary trusts, A&M trusts, disabled trusts and personal injury trusts.
Powers of Attorney and Court of Protection Deputy-ship
Lasting powers of attorney allows you to choose who you would like to manage your financial affairs and welfare decisions should there come a time when you are unable to do so yourself. We also handle Court of Protection Deputyship applications.
Elderly Client Matters
At Chafes, we are experienced in understanding the kind of problems that can face elderly people. We can offer specialist advice on appointing an attorney or Court of Protection deputy, potential liability to pay nursing home fees and on transferring property.
