Almost a third, 29%, of financial advisers and other trust and estate practitioners are seeing more disputes over wills and trusts linked to incapacity.

Families saved £1.28bn in IHT last year by leaving gifts to charities in their wills as more people used charitable legacies to reduce the tax burden on their estates.

Most over-55s say they will continue to pass on their wealth through their wills and estates planning after death despite a rising number of inheritance disputes and concerns about rising taxation, new study has revealed.

More than one in 10 divorcees (11%) have either delayed or forgotten to remove their ex-partner from their wills and financial products, according to a new report.

One in seven high net worth individuals have no will, trust or expression of wishes in place for passing on their wealth, a new report warns.

More than two fifths (44%) of people in the UK have not written a will, nor are they currently in the process of doing so, according to new research.