I recommend that you have separate offshore wills for every country in which you own offshore assets. The offshore will/s specifically deals with the distribution

A welcome recent amendment to the Estate Duty Act gives spouses access to each other’s estate duty abatements and eliminates the need for the artificial

Mervin Messias explains the general principles A good friend and colleague, Mervin Messias, a doyen of estate planning, explains the principles. The general principles are as

Capacity to benefit under a will The following persons are disqualified from benefitting under a will: 1.    A person who has unduly influenced the person who

If you die without a will, your estate will devolve in terms of the rules of intestate succession   © 2012 Department of Justice and

Questions to be put to an intending testator to obtain necessary information Such questions, of course, will depend on the circumstances. This form is inserted

What if a person does not have the capacity to make his own difficult medical decisions? Living wills Source: Mervin Messias Attorney, Johannesburg What if a person

When you must not register your home in your own name Want to guarantee that your home will be safe from any business adversity? By Pete Carruthers After

Both are documents that allow you to give instructions about the type of health care you want to receive, including who should oversee your treatment

If you have children but haven’t named guardians for them in your will, you may be setting your family up for a costly, even bitter