Welcome to the Winter 2024 Edition of Viewpoint.

The start of a new year is always a good time to revisit your will - it may even be one of your resolutions for the year. So, no better time for us to remind you about some of the reasons why you should keep the contents of your will under regular review. Some of you may have weddings planned or have children that are about to tie the knot in 2024. Perhaps not the most romantic of planning, but in this edition, we answer some questions regarding prenuptial agreements which you should consider - particularly if one party is bringing more wealth to the forthcoming marriage than the other.

On to a more distressing subject - sadly, every year we see more and more cases centring around the financial abuse of elderly and vulnerable people. We feature the first of two articles on this topic. In this edition, we highlight the red flags that executors should watch out for as they start the onerous role of administering an estate. A timely reminder and a topic we will cover at our ever-popular online Executor workshop which we are running again in February. We aim to ensure those of you appointed in this role are fully equipped to deal with the task ahead, to help you make the right choice about your executors and to answer any concerns you might have. We hope to see many of you there - further details and how to sign up can be found in this newsletter.

You will also find enclosed with this edition a feedback questionnaire - we really do value your thoughts on how Viewpoint might be improved and the topics you are interested in hearing more about. There is a luxury hamper up for grabs if we can tempt you to spend a few minutes letting us know your thoughts.

Thank you for taking the time to read our newsletter - on behalf of all the teams here, I send you our very best wishes for the year ahead.

 For more information, please contact Michelle Rose in our Private Client team on 0117 314 5246, or complete the form below.