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The Rolling Stones star Charlie Watts, who died in 2021, has left £30million of his fortune to his family, The Metro reported recently.

An expert has warned that more and more people will be forced to turn to the ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’, as the cost of living crisis continues.

This is Money featured a question this month—a woman who’d divorced her husband and he then died three weeks later. What was she entitled to receive?

The Covid-19 pandemic has persuaded more New Zealanders to give more and make wills, according to Radio New Zealand.

Writing in the Daily Mail this month, Victoria Bischoff warns against probate plans that might lead to families losing thousands of pounds.

A judge has ruled that a woman intentionally spread lies about her brother to ensure he didn’t get a share of their late father’s estate valued at seven figures.

A court case begins this week (Wednesday 20 July) which will see the Guardian newspaper challenge the decision to prevent the media attending a hearing about the late Prince Philip’s will where his lawyers argued the case for the will be kept secret.

The financial services company, SunLife, has revealed that the average cost of dying in the UK has decreased for the first time since it began researching dying costs in 2004.

How has the cost of dying changed in recent times? The financial services company SunLife has produced a report every year since 2004, which addresses the average cost of dying in the UK and this dropped by 4.3 percent between 2020 and 2021.

The holiday company Jet2 found itself in a PR pickle this week when it was revealed the company had demanded the family of a 38-year-old who died suddenly appoint an executor to her estate if they wanted the holiday that she had paid for in advance to be refunded.