by O'Hagan Attorneys | Oct 3, 2023 | Wills and Estate Planning
“Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.” (Ambrose Bierce) It may well be that in the future, we will be able to make a perfectly valid will (“Last Will and Testament”) by way of a video recording or other electronic means, but that day has...
by O'Hagan Attorneys | Sep 5, 2023 | Wills and Estate Planning
“Live each day as if it were your last… because one day, you’ll be right.” (Benny Hill) It’s always tempting to procrastinate about decisions that force us to address the inevitability of our own mortality. But we have no choice when it comes to protecting our loved...
by O'Hagan Attorneys | Jan 6, 2023 | General Interest, Wills and Estate Planning
Health issues and mortality are facts of life, no matter how remote they may seem at the moment, nor how distressing they are to contemplate. For your family’s sake as well as for your own, make sure that you have a Living Will (or another form of “advance healthcare...
by O'Hagan Attorneys | Aug 31, 2022 | Wills and Estate Planning
“We are such stuff / As dreams are made on, and our little life / Is rounded with a sleep.” (Shakespeare) We aren’t comfortable thinking about our mortality, but death comes to all of us and it is our loved ones who will suffer if we don’t make plans to look after...
by O'Hagan Attorneys | Jan 27, 2021 | Wills and Estate Planning
“No matter how much you’ve been warned, Death always comes without knocking” (Margaret Atwood) No one wants to contemplate their own passing, but the reality is that sooner or later it is inevitable, and particularly in these dangerous times we need always to be...
by O'Hagan Attorneys | Jan 5, 2021 | Family Law, Wills and Estate Planning
A recent High Court decision has been widely viewed as an important victory for the rights of unmarried opposite-sex life partners. Until now, if one such partner died intestate (without making a will), the other could not inherit on the same basis as could a married...
