# Safe Harbour Legal

> Wills, lasting powers of attorney, trusts and probate from Aaron Johnson, Consultant Solicitor and TEP, at fixed fees published with VAT. Based in Bridlington, East Yorkshire, with home visits across East and North Yorkshire and no office to visit. Safe Harbour Legal is a trading name of Legal Studio Solicitors. Legal Studio Solicitors is a trading name of MDLS Solicitors Limited, authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA ID 598793). All legal services are provided by MDLS Solicitors Limited.

## Who does the work

- Aaron Johnson, Consultant Solicitor and TEP. Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales and a Full Member of STEP (the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners). Aaron has worked in wills, trusts and probate since 2013, 13 years of fee earning at national and regional firms, and has been a solicitor since 2022. Aaron does the work personally; nothing is handed off.
- Profile: https://safeharbour.legal/about

## How we charge

- Every job has a fixed fee, agreed in writing before any work starts.
- There is no hourly billing and no percentage of the estate.
- Every fee is one of the items listed below. Figures are ex VAT with the VAT-inclusive figure in brackets (VAT at 20%).
- Third-party costs (court, registration and Land Registry fees) are charged at cost and listed under the item they belong to.
- Fees reviewed 14 September 2026.
- Full fee schedule: https://safeharbour.legal/pricing
- Plan Finder, which builds a plan and its total from the same fees: https://safeharbour.legal/start

## Services and fees

Each line gives the fee, what kind of work it is, who it is for, what it includes and what it does not.

### Wills

- Overview: https://safeharbour.legal/services/wills
- [Standard will (one person)](https://safeharbour.legal/services/standard-single-will): £350 + VAT (£420 inc. VAT). Kind: a will. For: one person. Includes: Taking your instructions, drafting the will in plain English, supervising the signing. Not included: A trust in the will, tax advice, letters of wishes and foreign assets are separate items. Typical timescale: 2 to 3 weeks.
- [Mirror wills (a couple)](https://safeharbour.legal/services/mirror-wills-for-couples): £550 + VAT (£660 inc. VAT). Kind: a will. For: a couple. Includes: Instructions from both of you, two wills that mirror each other, supervised signing. Not included: A trust in the wills, tax advice, letters of wishes, severing a joint tenancy and foreign assets are separate items. Typical timescale: 2 to 3 weeks.
- [Will with a trust in it (one person)](https://safeharbour.legal/services/trust-wills-single): £650 + VAT (£780 inc. VAT). Kind: a will. For: one person. Includes: Instructions, a will incorporating the right trust for your situation, a letter of wishes, supervised signing and a trustee briefing. Not included: Severing a joint tenancy, Land Registry restrictions, declarations of trust, capacity assessments and foreign assets are separate. Typical timescale: 3 to 4 weeks. Third-party costs, charged at cost: Land Registry official copies £7 (per document, HM Land Registry, no VAT).
- [Wills with a trust in them (a couple)](https://safeharbour.legal/services/trust-wills-couples): £950 + VAT (£1,140 inc. VAT). Kind: a will. For: a couple. Includes: Instructions from both of you, two wills incorporating a life interest or protective trust that ring-fences the first to die's share, letters of wishes, supervised signing and a trustee briefing. Not included: Severing a joint tenancy is a separate small item; declarations of trust, capacity assessments and foreign assets are separate. Typical timescale: 3 to 4 weeks. Third-party costs, charged at cost: Land Registry official copies £7 (per document, HM Land Registry, no VAT).
- [Will with a discretionary trust (one person)](https://safeharbour.legal/services/trust-wills-single): £850 + VAT (£1,020 inc. VAT). Kind: a will. For: one person. Includes: Instructions, a will containing a discretionary trust, a letter of wishes for the trustees, written guidance on how the trust is run and how it sits alongside means-tested benefits, supervised signing and a trustee briefing. Not included: Severing a joint tenancy, declarations of trust, capacity assessments and foreign assets are separate. Planning alongside your accountant or adviser is its own item. Typical timescale: 3 to 4 weeks.
- [Wills with a discretionary trust (a couple)](https://safeharbour.legal/services/trust-wills-couples): £1,250 + VAT (£1,500 inc. VAT). Kind: a will. For: a couple. Includes: Instructions from both of you, two wills each containing a discretionary trust, letters of wishes for the trustees, written guidance on how the trust is run and how it sits alongside means-tested benefits, supervised signing and a trustee briefing. Not included: Severing a joint tenancy, declarations of trust, capacity assessments and foreign assets are separate. Planning alongside your accountant or adviser is its own item. Typical timescale: 3 to 4 weeks.

### Lasting powers of attorney

- Overview: https://safeharbour.legal/services/lpa
- [One lasting power of attorney (one person)](https://safeharbour.legal/services/property-and-financial-affairs-lpa): £550 + VAT (£660 inc. VAT). Kind: a power of attorney. For: one person. Includes: Instructions, drafting, Aaron as certificate provider, supervised signing, registration with the Office of the Public Guardian. Typical timescale: Drafting and signing 1 to 2 weeks; registration 8 to 10 weeks (GOV.UK). Third-party costs, charged at cost: Office of the Public Guardian registration fee £92 per document.
- [Both lasting powers of attorney (one person)](https://safeharbour.legal/services/complete-lpa-protection-single): £800 + VAT (£960 inc. VAT). Kind: a power of attorney. For: one person. Includes: Property and financial affairs, and health and welfare, drafted, signed and registered together. Typical timescale: Drafting and signing 1 to 2 weeks; registration 8 to 10 weeks (GOV.UK). Third-party costs, charged at cost: Office of the Public Guardian registration fee £92 per document.
- [One lasting power of attorney each (a couple)](https://safeharbour.legal/services/property-and-financial-affairs-lpa-couples): £800 + VAT (£960 inc. VAT). Kind: a power of attorney. For: a couple. Includes: The same type of power of attorney for both of you, drafted, signed and registered together. Typical timescale: Drafting and signing 1 to 2 weeks; registration 8 to 10 weeks (GOV.UK). Third-party costs, charged at cost: Office of the Public Guardian registration fee £92 per document.
- [Both lasting powers of attorney each (a couple)](https://safeharbour.legal/services/complete-lpa-protection-couples): £1,400 + VAT (£1,680 inc. VAT). Kind: a power of attorney. For: a couple. Includes: All four documents, drafted, signed and registered together. Typical timescale: Drafting and signing 1 to 2 weeks; registration 8 to 10 weeks (GOV.UK). Third-party costs, charged at cost: Office of the Public Guardian registration fee £92 per document.

### Planning added to a will (one level per plan; the higher replaces the lower)

- Overview: https://safeharbour.legal/services/trusts
- [Inheritance tax check and will structure](https://safeharbour.legal/services/bespoke-estate-and-tax-planning): £450 + VAT (£540 inc. VAT). Kind: planning added to a will. For: one person or a couple. Includes: Aaron maps your inheritance tax position (the nil-rate band, the residence allowance and, for a married couple, what transfers between you), structures the wills to use the allowances, and explains the result in writing. Not included: Lifetime trusts, business or farm relief work and advice with your accountant or adviser are Level 2 or their own items. Typical timescale: Within the will timescale.
- [Planning with your advisers](https://safeharbour.legal/services/bespoke-estate-and-tax-planning): £750 + VAT (£900 inc. VAT). Kind: planning added to a will. For: one person or a couple. Includes: Everything in the inheritance tax check, plus one joint meeting with your accountant, financial adviser or land agent, business or agricultural property relief drafting (since 6 April 2026 the first £2,500,000 of combined farm and business property has full relief and half relief above that, and any unused allowance passes to a surviving spouse or civil partner). Not included: A will with a discretionary trust, a lifetime trust, a succession plan for the business or farm, and ongoing trust administration are their own items. Typical timescale: Within the will timescale, plus one joint meeting.

### Trust and estate planning without a new will

- Overview: https://safeharbour.legal/services/trusts
- [Severing the joint tenancy and Land Registry restriction](https://safeharbour.legal/services/trusts): £150 + VAT (£180 inc. VAT). Kind: trust and estate planning. For: a couple. Includes: Notice of severance so each of you owns a distinct share, and the Land Registry form that records it. No Land Registry fee. Typical timescale: Alongside the wills.
- [Declaration of trust](https://safeharbour.legal/services/trusts): £450 + VAT (£540 inc. VAT). Kind: trust and estate planning. For: one person or a couple. Includes: A deed recording who owns what share of a property, what happens on sale or death, and the Land Registry restriction to protect it. Not included: Conveyancing, mortgage lender consent and tax advice on the shares are separate. Typical timescale: 2 to 3 weeks. Third-party costs, charged at cost: Land Registry official copies £7 (per document, HM Land Registry, no VAT); Land Registry restriction fee at cost (At cost, where a restriction is registered).
- [Deed of variation](https://safeharbour.legal/services/trusts): £650 + VAT (£780 inc. VAT). Kind: trust and estate planning. For: one person or a couple. Includes: Redirecting part or all of an inheritance to someone else by deed, with the tax elections where the death was within two years. Not included: Where the variation creates a trust or is done for inheritance tax, the inheritance tax check is added. Typical timescale: 2 to 4 weeks.
- [Lifetime trust (cash, investments or a life policy)](https://safeharbour.legal/services/bespoke-estate-and-tax-planning): £1,500 + VAT (£1,800 inc. VAT). Kind: trust and estate planning. For: one person or a couple. Includes: Advice on the right trust, the trust deed, a letter of wishes, trustee guidance, the inheritance tax note on the gift, and registration with HMRC. Not included: A property going into the trust is the property item; ongoing administration is a separate yearly item. Typical timescale: 4 to 6 weeks. Third-party costs, charged at cost: HMRC Trust Registration Service no fee (No HMRC fee to register a trust).
- [Lifetime trust including a property](https://safeharbour.legal/services/bespoke-estate-and-tax-planning): from £2,000 + VAT (£2,400 inc. VAT). Kind: trust and estate planning. For: one person or a couple. Includes: Everything in the lifetime trust, plus the transfer of one unmortgaged title into the trust and the Land Registry work. Not included: A mortgaged property, lender consent or more than one title raise the fixed fee, agreed first. Care-fee motives are discussed honestly against the deprivation rules. Typical timescale: 6 to 8 weeks. Third-party costs, charged at cost: Land Registry official copies £7 (per document, HM Land Registry, no VAT); Land Registry restriction fee at cost (At cost, where a restriction is registered); HMRC Trust Registration Service no fee (No HMRC fee to register a trust).
- [Inheritance tax plan with your accountant or adviser (will already in place)](https://safeharbour.legal/services/bespoke-estate-and-tax-planning): £750 + VAT (£900 inc. VAT). Kind: trust and estate planning. For: one person or a couple. Includes: A written plan of your inheritance tax position and the steps worth taking, agreed in one joint meeting with your accountant or financial adviser. Not included: Documents the plan recommends (new wills, a lifetime trust, a deed of variation) are priced as their own items. Typical timescale: 3 to 4 weeks.
- [Business or farm succession review](https://safeharbour.legal/services/bespoke-estate-and-tax-planning): from £2,500 + VAT (£3,000 inc. VAT). Kind: trust and estate planning. For: one person or a couple. Includes: How the business or farm passes on during your lifetime and on death: relief position, ownership structure, shareholder or partnership documents reviewed with your accountant and land agent, and a written plan. Not included: Company documents drafted by a corporate solicitor, valuations, and tax returns. Typical timescale: 6 to 8 weeks.

### Trust administration

- Overview: https://safeharbour.legal/services/trusts
- [Registering an existing trust with HMRC](https://safeharbour.legal/services/trusts): £300 + VAT (£360 inc. VAT) per trust. Kind: trust administration. For: one person or a couple. Includes: Gathering the trust details, registering on the Trust Registration Service, and the proof of registration the bank or adviser will ask for. Typical timescale: 2 to 3 weeks. Third-party costs, charged at cost: HMRC Trust Registration Service no fee (No HMRC fee to register a trust).
- [Keeping a trust in order, each year](https://safeharbour.legal/services/trusts): £500 + VAT (£600 inc. VAT) a year. Kind: trust administration. For: one person or a couple. Includes: Annual trustee meeting and minutes, decisions recorded properly, the Trust Registration Service kept up to date, and HMRC correspondence. Not included: Trust tax returns and accounts go to your accountant unless agreed separately. Typical timescale: Each year.

### Probate, the four tiers (chosen by the work, never by the value of the estate)

- Overview: https://safeharbour.legal/services/probate
- [Grant only probate](https://safeharbour.legal/services/grant-only-probate): £950 + VAT (£1,140 inc. VAT). Kind: probate. For: one person or a couple. Includes: Reviewing the will and death certificate, the estate figures and any transferred allowance reported in the probate application, the legal statement, the application, and the grant handed to you. Not included: Collecting in assets, paying debts and distributing, the full IHT400 account, deeds of variation and disputes. Typical timescale: Usually within 12 weeks of the application (HMCTS). Third-party costs, charged at cost: Probate application fee £526 (none if the estate is £5,000 or less); Extra copies of the grant £2, varies (each, ordered with the application; £16 each afterwards).
- [Grant only probate with the full inheritance tax account](https://safeharbour.legal/services/grant-only-probate-iht400): £1,800 + VAT (£2,160 inc. VAT). Kind: probate. For: one person or a couple. Includes: The full IHT400 account and schedules, the reliefs and allowances claimed, tax calculated and the account submitted to HMRC, then the application and the grant. Not included: Collecting in and distributing, paying the tax for you, relief claims needing valuations, deeds of variation and disputes. Typical timescale: HMRC's code first, then usually within 12 weeks of the application (HMCTS). Third-party costs, charged at cost: Probate application fee £526 (none if the estate is £5,000 or less); Extra copies of the grant £2, varies (each, ordered with the application; £16 each afterwards).
- [Estate administration](https://safeharbour.legal/services/estate-administration): from £3,000 + VAT (£3,600 inc. VAT). Kind: probate. For: one person or a couple. Includes: Valuations, the tax return, the grant, collecting in the assets, paying debts and tax, final accounts and distribution, for an estate of cash assets with a valid will. Not included: Conveyancing, valuers and clearance firms, deeds of variation and disputes. Typical timescale: 6 to 9 months. Third-party costs, charged at cost: Probate application fee £526 (none if the estate is £5,000 or less); Extra copies of the grant £2, varies (each, ordered with the application; £16 each afterwards); Bankruptcy searches £7.20 (Per beneficiary, before distribution); Section 27 statutory notices £250, varies (London Gazette and a local newspaper; protects executors from unknown creditors).
- [Estate administration with a property, a full tax account or no will](https://safeharbour.legal/services/estate-administration-property): from £5,000 + VAT (£6,000 inc. VAT). Kind: probate. For: one person or a couple. Includes: Everything in estate administration, plus managing and selling or transferring the property or the share, the full IHT400 account, or an intestacy. Not included: Conveyancing fees, valuers, deeds of variation and disputes. A business, farm, foreign assets, a trust in the will or a dispute raise the fixed fee, agreed first. Typical timescale: 9 to 14 months. Third-party costs, charged at cost: Probate application fee £526 (none if the estate is £5,000 or less); Extra copies of the grant £2, varies (each, ordered with the application; £16 each afterwards); Bankruptcy searches £7.20 (Per beneficiary, before distribution); Section 27 statutory notices £250, varies (London Gazette and a local newspaper; protects executors from unknown creditors); Land Registry official copies £7 (per document, HM Land Registry, no VAT).

Regulated work (trust wills, probate, trust and estate administration) carries a small onboarding fee for the matter and an identity check for each person. Standard wills and powers of attorney do not. It is confirmed before any work starts. It applies to: Will with a trust in it (one person); Wills with a trust in them (a couple); Will with a discretionary trust (one person); Wills with a discretionary trust (a couple); Declaration of trust; Deed of variation; Lifetime trust (cash, investments or a life policy); Lifetime trust including a property; Inheritance tax plan with your accountant or adviser (will already in place); Business or farm succession review; Registering an existing trust with HMRC; Keeping a trust in order, each year; Grant only probate; Grant only probate with the full inheritance tax account; Estate administration; Estate administration with a property, a full tax account or no will.

## Done together

- Done together: £150 off the matter when powers of attorney are done with a will, once, however many documents are made. Your wills cost £150 less when your powers of attorney are done at the same time, because the meetings, identity checks and signing happen once.
- Planning items, trust administration and probate are never discounted. There are no bundles; the rule does the same job for every plan.

## Worked examples, computed from the fees above

### A will and one power of attorney

The minimum most people should have: a will plus the money and property power of attorney.

- Standard will: £350 + VAT
- One power of attorney: £550 + VAT
- Done together: £150 less
- Total: £750 + VAT (£900 inc. VAT)
- The same plan in the Plan Finder: https://safeharbour.legal/start?for=me&want=both&lpaType=pf&home=yes&matters=none&mattersDone=1&assets=none&assetsDone=1&value=under

### Wills and both powers of attorney, for a couple

The plan Aaron recommends most often.

- Mirror wills: £550 + VAT
- Both powers of attorney, for both of you: £1,400 + VAT
- Done together: £150 less
- Total: £1,800 + VAT (£2,160 inc. VAT)
- The same plan in the Plan Finder: https://safeharbour.legal/start?for=us&want=both&lpaType=both&home=joint&married=yes&matters=none&mattersDone=1&assets=none&assetsDone=1&value=under

### Wills with a trust and both powers of attorney, for a couple

Second marriages, or ring-fencing each share for the children.

- Wills with a trust: £950 + VAT
- Severing the joint tenancy (splitting the home into two shares): £150 + VAT
- Both powers of attorney, for both of you: £1,400 + VAT
- Done together: £150 less
- Total: £2,350 + VAT (£2,820 inc. VAT)
- The same plan in the Plan Finder: https://safeharbour.legal/start?for=us&want=both&lpaType=both&home=joint&married=yes&matters=ringfence&mattersDone=1&assets=none&assetsDone=1&value=under

### Wills for a couple near the inheritance tax threshold

Mirror wills with the inheritance tax check, at a fixed fee.

- Mirror wills: £550 + VAT
- Inheritance tax check and will structure: £450 + VAT
- Total: £1,000 + VAT (£1,200 inc. VAT)
- The same plan in the Plan Finder: https://safeharbour.legal/start?for=us&want=will&home=joint&married=yes&matters=none&mattersDone=1&assets=none&assetsDone=1&value=near&review=yes

## Statutory figures (not Safe Harbour fees)

- Inheritance tax nil-rate band, per person: £325,000, since 6 April 2009. Fixed to 5 April 2031 (GOV.UK thresholds table); residence band shown to 5 April 2030. Checked 6 September 2026. Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rates-and-allowances-inheritance-tax-thresholds-and-interest-rates/inheritance-tax-thresholds-and-interest-rates
- Residence nil-rate band, per person: £175,000, since 6 April 2020. Needs a direct descendant; tapers above £2 million; shown to 5 April 2030. Checked 6 September 2026. Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rates-and-allowances-inheritance-tax-thresholds-and-interest-rates/inheritance-tax-thresholds-and-interest-rates
- Estate value above which the residence allowance tapers: £2,000,000. Reduces by £1 for every £2 the estate is worth above the threshold. Checked 7 September 2026. Source: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/inheritance-tax-residence-nil-rate-band
- Probate application fee: £526, since 13 July 2026. No fee for estates of £5,000 or less. Checked 6 September 2026. Source: https://www.gov.uk/applying-for-probate/fees
- Copy of the grant, ordered with the application: £2, since 13 July 2026. Checked 6 September 2026. Source: https://www.gov.uk/applying-for-probate/fees
- Copy of the grant, ordered afterwards: £16, since 17 November 2025. Checked 6 September 2026. Source: https://www.gov.uk/applying-for-probate/fees
- Office of the Public Guardian registration fee, per LPA: £92, since 17 November 2025. Checked 6 September 2026. Source: https://www.gov.uk/power-of-attorney/register
- Gross value above which an estate cannot be excepted, even where everything passes to a spouse, civil partner or charity: £3,000,000, since 1 January 2022. Deaths on or after 1 January 2022. Checked 6 September 2026. Source: https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/inheritance-tax-manual/ihtm06013
- Gifts in the seven years before death, or a single trust interest, above which an estate cannot be excepted: £250,000, since 1 January 2022. Deaths on or after 1 January 2022. Checked 6 September 2026. Source: https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/inheritance-tax-manual/ihtm06012
- Foreign assets above which an estate cannot be excepted: £100,000, since 1 January 2022. Deaths on or after 1 January 2022. Checked 6 September 2026. Source: https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/inheritance-tax-manual/ihtm06012
- Farm and business property with full inheritance tax relief, per person; half relief above it: £2,500,000, since 6 April 2026. Any unused allowance passes to a surviving spouse or civil partner. Checked 7 September 2026. Source: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/agricultural-relief-on-inheritance-tax
- Household or personal item that must be listed separately on the inheritance tax account: £1,500, since 6 April 2011. IHT407: items worth more than this are listed individually rather than with the general contents. Added 12 Sep 2026 so the printed instruction packs and the online questionnaire stop quoting different figures.. Checked 12 September 2026. Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/inheritance-tax-household-and-personal-goods-iht407
- Days a trustee has to register a trust, or report a change, on the Trust Registration Service: £90, since 1 September 2021. Days, not pounds. Added 12 Sep 2026 for the trust registration and lifetime trust instruction packs.. Checked 12 September 2026. Source: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/register-a-trust-as-a-trustee
- Years from a death within which a variation is read back for inheritance tax and capital gains tax: £2, since 25 July 1984. Years, not pounds. Inheritance Tax Act 1984 s.142; Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 s.62(6). Added 12 Sep 2026 for the deed of variation instruction pack.. Checked 12 September 2026. Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/inheritance-tax-instrument-of-variation-checklist-iov2

## Practice areas, in plain English

- [Wills](https://safeharbour.legal/services/wills): A will decides who inherits, who is in charge and who looks after children. Aaron drafts two kinds at fixed fees: a standard will, and a will with a trust in it for a second marriage, step-children, a vulnerable beneficiary, or a couple ring-fencing the first to die’s share for the children. Where the estate is around or above the inheritance tax allowances, or there is a business or farm, a fixed planning level is added to the will, so the price is still known before you start.
- [Probate](https://safeharbour.legal/services/probate): When someone close to you dies, the paperwork should not fall on you. Aaron handles probate from start to finish at a fixed fee, and you deal with him throughout. He never charges a percentage of the estate.
- [Powers of attorney](https://safeharbour.legal/services/lpa): A Lasting Power of Attorney lets the people you trust act for you if you cannot, through illness, injury or age. Without one, your family has to apply to the Court of Protection. With one, they can act as soon as it is needed.
- [Trusts](https://safeharbour.legal/services/trusts): Trust and estate planning is the work above an ordinary will. Aaron reviews what you own, what you want to protect and who advises you, then designs the plan: wills with a trust in them, lifetime trusts, declarations of trust, deeds of variation, succession for a business or farm, and inheritance tax planning, working alongside your accountant and financial adviser. He also sets up trusts, registers them with HMRC and runs them for the trustees. Each piece of work has its own fixed fee, and the two planning levels that sit on top of a will are fixed too.

## Contact

- Website: https://safeharbour.legal
- Telephone: 01262 310 850 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5.30pm)
- Email: aaron@safeharbour.legal
- WhatsApp: 07412 236 240
- Book a 15-minute call: https://safeharbour.legal/book (no charge for the first call)
- Find your plan and price: https://safeharbour.legal/start (sixty seconds of questions that end on a named plan and its fee)
- Start my matter: https://safeharbour.legal/questionnaires
- Based in Bridlington, East Yorkshire. No office: home visits, phone and video. Post to the registered office, The Tannery, 91 Kirkstall Road, Leeds, LS3 1HS
- Appointments are usually available within a few working days, including Tuesday and Thursday evenings, and home visits across East and North Yorkshire.

### Social media

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## Where we work

Index: https://safeharbour.legal/locations. Each town also has a page for each of the four services at /services/{wills|lpa|probate|trusts}/{town}.

- [Bridlington, East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/bridlington): Bridlington: Wills, Probate, LPAs and Trusts at fixed fees, with home visits from the Old Town and the harbour out to Sewerby, Flamborough and Bempton.
- [Driffield, East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/driffield): Driffield and the Wolds: fixed-fee Wills, Probate, LPAs and Trusts for farming families, with home visits across the surrounding villages.
- [Bempton, East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/bempton): Bempton: fixed-fee Wills, Probate and LPAs for a retirement village, with home visits across Buckton, Speeton and Reighton at no travel charge.
- [Flamborough, East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/flamborough): Flamborough: Wills, Probate, LPAs and Trusts at fixed fees, with free home visits from the village to North Landing and South Landing.
- [Beeford, East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/beeford): Beeford: fixed-fee Wills, Probate, LPAs and Trusts for a Holderness farming village, with home visits across Brandesburton, North Frodingham and Lissett.
- [Kilham, East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/kilham): Kilham: fixed-fee Wills, Probate and LPAs for a historic Wolds village, with free home visits across Rudston, Burton Agnes and Boynton.
- [Hunmanby, North Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/hunmanby): Hunmanby: fixed-fee Wills, Probate, LPAs and Trusts, with free home visits across the village, Reighton and Speeton.
- [Burton Agnes, East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/burton-agnes): Burton Agnes: heritage-aware Wills, Probate, LPAs and Trusts at fixed fees, with home visits across the village and Harpham.
- [Boynton, East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/boynton): Boynton: fixed-fee Wills, Probate and LPAs for a heritage village west of Bridlington, with home visits at no extra charge.
- [Burton Fleming, East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/burton-fleming): Burton Fleming: fixed-fee Wills, Probate and LPAs for Wolds farming families, with home visits across Fordon and Wold Newton.
- [Carnaby, East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/carnaby): Carnaby: fixed-fee Wills, Probate and LPAs for village families and Industrial Estate business owners, with home visits at no extra charge.
- [Rudston, East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/rudston): Rudston: fixed-fee Wills, Probate and LPAs for Wolds families, with home visits across Kilham and Burton Agnes.
- [Nafferton, East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/nafferton): Nafferton: fixed-fee Wills, Probate, LPAs and Trusts for a mixed professional and farming village, with free home visits.
- [Skipsea, East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/skipsea): Skipsea: coastal-erosion-aware Wills, Probate and LPAs at fixed fees, with home visits across Atwick and Ulrome.
- [Wold Newton, East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/wold-newton): Wold Newton: fixed-fee Wills, Probate and LPAs for Wolds farming families, with home visits across the village and Fordon.
- [Harpham, East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/harpham): Harpham: fixed-fee Wills, Probate, LPAs and Trusts for a small Wolds village, with home visits across Harpham and Lowthorpe.
- [Withernsea, East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/withernsea): Withernsea: coastal-aware Wills, Probate, LPAs and Trusts at fixed fees, with home visits across Holmpton and Tunstall.
- [Patrington, East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/patrington): Patrington: fixed-fee Wills, Probate and LPAs for South Holderness farming families, with home visits across Welwick and Easington.
- [Aldbrough, East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/aldbrough): Aldbrough: coastal-erosion-aware Wills, Probate and LPAs at fixed fees, with home visits across Garton and Mappleton.
- [Roos, East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/roos): Roos: fixed-fee Wills, Probate and LPAs for Holderness farming families, with home visits across Tunstall and Burton Pidsea.
- [Hedon, East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/hedon): Hedon: fixed-fee Wills, Probate and LPAs for commuter families and business owners, with home visits across Preston and Thorngumbald.
- [Barmston, East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/barmston): Barmston: erosion-aware Wills, Probate and LPAs at fixed fees, with home visits across Ulrome, Skipsea and Atwick.
- [Beverley, East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/beverley): Beverley: Wills, Probate, LPAs and Trusts at fixed fees, with home visits from the Minster Quarter to Tickton, Woodmansey and Walkington.
- [Hull, East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/hull): Hull: Wills, Probate, LPAs and Trusts at fixed fees, with home visits across west Hull, east Hull, Cottingham, Anlaby and Hessle.
- [Filey, North Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/filey): Filey: fixed-fee Wills, Probate, LPAs and Trusts for a retirement coastal town, with home visits across Filey and Hunmanby.
- [Scarborough, North Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/scarborough): Scarborough: Wills, Probate, LPAs and Trusts at fixed fees, with home visits from the town centre to North Bay and South Cliff.
- [Sledmere, East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/sledmere): Sledmere: heritage-aware Wills, Probate, LPAs and Trusts for Wolds-estate families, with home visits across Cowlam and Cottam.
- [Wetwang, East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/wetwang): Wetwang: fixed-fee Wills, Probate, LPAs and Trusts for Wolds families, with home visits across Fimber and Tibthorpe.
- [Garton-on-the-Wolds, East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/garton-on-the-wolds): Garton-on-the-Wolds: fixed-fee Wills, Probate, LPAs and Trusts for Wolds farming families, with home visits across the village and Kirkburn.
- [Langtoft, East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/langtoft): Langtoft: fixed-fee Wills, Probate and LPAs for a spring-line Wolds village, with home visits across Cottam and Cowlam.
- [Bainton, East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/bainton): Bainton: fixed-fee Wills, Probate and LPAs for deep-Wolds farming families, with home visits across North Dalton and South Dalton.
- [Hornsea, East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/hornsea): Hornsea: retirement-stage Wills, LPAs and inheritance tax planning at fixed fees, with home visits across Atwick and Mappleton.
- [Pocklington, East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/pocklington): Pocklington: Wills, Probate, LPAs, Trusts and inheritance tax planning at fixed fees, with home visits across Allerthorpe and Bielby.
- [Market Weighton, East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/market-weighton): Market Weighton: fixed-fee Wills, Probate and LPAs for Wolds farming and commuter families, with home visits across Holme upon Spalding Moor and Shiptonthorpe.
- [Cottingham, East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/cottingham): Cottingham: fixed-fee Wills, Probate, LPAs and Trusts for professional families, with home visits across Skidby and Eppleworth.
- [Walkington, East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/walkington): Walkington: Wills, Probate, LPAs and inheritance tax planning at fixed fees, with home visits across Bentley and Risby.
- [Helmsley, North Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/helmsley): Helmsley: Trust and inheritance tax planning from a TEP at fixed fees, with home visits across Kirkbymoorside and the Moors villages.
- [South Cave, East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/south-cave): South Cave: fixed-fee Wills, Probate, LPAs and Trusts for Wolds-gateway commuter families, with home visits across North Cave, Brantingham and Elloughton.
- [Easingwold, North Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/easingwold): Easingwold: fixed-fee Wills, LPAs and Trusts for York commuters and retired professionals, with home visits across Crayke and the surrounding villages.
- [Stamford Bridge, East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/stamford-bridge): Stamford Bridge: fixed-fee Wills, Probate, LPAs and inheritance tax planning, with home visits across Gate Helmsley and Buttercrambe.
- [York, North Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/locations/york): York: Wills, Probate, LPAs and Trusts at fixed fees, with home visits across Acomb, Heslington, Heworth and Rufforth.

## Wills guides

- [Can someone with dementia still make a valid will?](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/can-someone-with-dementia-make-a-will): A dementia diagnosis does not stop someone making a valid will. What the legal test asks, how a solicitor proves it was met, and what happens if capacity has already gone.
- [Codicil or New Will? How to Change Your Will the Right Way](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/codicil-vs-new-will-changing-your-will): Whether to add a codicil or write a fresh will: how each works, the strict signing rules they share, and why DIY edits so often go wrong.
- [Do You Need a Solicitor to Make a Will?](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/do-you-need-a-solicitor-to-make-a-will): You can legally write your own will. This guide explains when a DIY or online will is fine, when it is risky, and what a solicitor actually adds.
- [Estate Planning in Bridlington and East Yorkshire: Why It Matters More Than You Think](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/estate-planning-bridlington-east-yorkshire): East Yorkshire has one of the oldest populations in England, yet many residents have no will or lasting power of attorney. This guide explains why estate planning matters here.
- [How Much Does a Will Cost in 2026? A Clear Breakdown](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/how-much-does-a-will-cost): What a will should cost in 2026 from a solicitor, a will-writer, online or free. Fixed fees, what is included, and the hidden cost of a cheap will that goes wrong.
- [How to Update Your Will: When and Why You Should Review It](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/how-to-update-your-will-when-why): When to update your will, the life events that should trigger a review, and whether you need a codicil or a new will.
- [Inheritance Tax Thresholds 2026/27: How Much Can You Leave Tax-Free?](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/inheritance-tax-thresholds-2025-26-nil-rate-band): The inheritance tax thresholds for 2026/27, how the nil-rate band and residence nil-rate band work, and practical ways to reduce the bill.
- [Joint Property After Death: Tenants in Common vs Joint Tenants](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/joint-property-tenants-in-common-vs-joint-tenants): How you own property with someone else decides what happens to it when you die. The difference between joint tenants and tenants in common, and when to change.
- [Just Bought a Home in Bridlington? Why a Will and LPA Should Be Next](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/just-bought-a-home-bridlington-will-lpa): Completing on a home is the moment to sort your will and LPA. How you own the property decides who inherits it, and most buyers never find out which way theirs is set up.
- [Mirror Wills for Couples: What They Are, When They Work, and When You Need Something More](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/mirror-wills-for-couples-guide): Mirror wills suit many couples, but not all. This guide explains when they work, when you need something stronger, and how to decide.
- [Pension Pots and Inheritance Tax: What Changes in April 2027](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/pension-pots-inheritance-tax-april-2027): From 6 April 2027, unused pension pots count as part of your estate for inheritance tax. If you assumed your pension would pass tax-free, this guide explains what changes for your family.
- [Protecting Your Bridlington Property: Trusts, Wills, and the Family Home in East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/protecting-bridlington-property-trusts-wills-family-home): Your home is probably your most valuable asset. This guide explains how wills and trusts can protect it for your family, and the pitfalls to watch for in East Yorkshire.
- [The Complete Guide to Making a Will in England and Wales](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/complete-guide-making-will-england-wales): How to make a valid will in England and Wales: the legal requirements, choosing executors and guardians, inheritance tax basics and the mistakes to avoid.
- [What Happens to Your Will When You Marry or Divorce?](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/what-happens-to-will-on-marriage-divorce): Getting married usually cancels your existing will, and divorce treats your ex-spouse as if they had died first. What those rules mean for your wishes, and the simple steps that protect them.
- [Where to Store Your Will and How Your Family Can Find It](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/where-to-store-your-will-safely): Where you keep your will matters as much as what it says. Solicitor storage, the National Will Register, telling your executors, and why only the signed original counts.
- [Who Can Witness a Will in England and Wales? The Rules Explained](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/who-can-witness-a-will-rules-explained): Who can witness a will in England and Wales, why beneficiaries must never sign, and how to get the signing right first time.
- [Will Reforms 2025: Digital Wills and the Future of Inheritance](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/will-reforms-2025-digital-wills-law-commission): The Law Commission wants to replace the Wills Act 1837. What it proposed in May 2025, including electronic wills and a dispensing power, and what it means for you.
- [Wills for Parents: Guardianship, Trusts and Protecting Your Children](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/wills-for-parents-guardianship-trusts-children): A will is the only way to name guardians for your children and control how your assets are managed for them. What parents need to include.

## Powers of attorney guides

- [Can You Make an LPA Yourself, or Do You Need a Solicitor?](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/can-you-make-an-lpa-yourself): Yes, you can make a lasting power of attorney yourself in England and Wales. But getting it right matters, because mistakes are often only spotted years later, when it is too late to fix them.
- [Dementia and Power of Attorney: What Families Need to Know](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/dementia-power-of-attorney-guide): A guide for families facing dementia: when a lasting power of attorney is still possible, what happens without one, and where to find support in East Yorkshire.
- [How Much Does a Lasting Power of Attorney Cost to Register?](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/how-much-does-an-lpa-cost-registration-fee): What a lasting power of attorney costs in England and Wales: the £92 OPG registration fee per LPA, when fee remissions apply, and where solicitor fixed fees fit in.
- [How to Register a Lasting Power of Attorney: Step by Step](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/how-to-register-lasting-power-of-attorney): How to register a lasting power of attorney with the Office of the Public Guardian: the steps, the £92 fee, the 8 to 10 week wait and the mistakes to avoid.
- [Lasting Powers of Attorney: The Complete Guide for England and Wales](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/lasting-powers-of-attorney-complete-guide): An LPA is one of the most important documents you can put in place, yet many people put it off. This guide explains both types, how they work and how to set them up while you are well.
- [Property and Financial Affairs LPA vs Health and Welfare LPA: What Is the Difference?](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/property-financial-affairs-vs-health-welfare-lpa-difference): There are two types of lasting power of attorney and they do different jobs. This guide explains both in plain English so you can decide which you need.
- [The bank will not accept our lasting power of attorney: what to do](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/bank-will-not-accept-lasting-power-of-attorney): What to do when a bank refuses a registered lasting power of attorney: the checks the bank makes, the GOV.UK access code, certified copies, how to escalate, and the Financial Ombudsman.
- [What an attorney can and cannot do: gifts, spending and the OPG rules](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/what-an-attorney-can-and-cannot-do-gifts-spending-opg-rules): What an attorney under a property and financial affairs LPA may give and spend, the section 12 gifting rule, the OPG's practice note, paying yourself, and when a gift needs the Court of Protection.
- [What Happens If You Lose Capacity Without an LPA? Understanding Deputyship](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/losing-capacity-without-lpa-deputyship-explained): Without an LPA, your family may face a costly and slow Court of Protection application if you lose capacity. This guide explains deputyship and how an LPA avoids it.
- [When Does a Lasting Power of Attorney Take Effect?](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/when-does-an-lpa-take-effect): When a lasting power of attorney starts working: why a property and financial affairs LPA can be used while you still have capacity, and a health and welfare LPA cannot.
- [Who Can Override a Power of Attorney? Rights, Safeguards and Disputes](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/who-can-override-power-of-attorney): Who can challenge or override a power of attorney, the safeguards in the system, and how to raise a concern about an attorney.

## Probate guides

- [A Step-by-Step Guide to the Probate Process in England and Wales](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/step-by-step-guide-probate-process-england-wales): A plain guide to probate in England and Wales, from registering the death to paying out the estate. Fees, timescales and the steps that protect executors.
- [Closing a Bank Account After Someone Dies in England and Wales](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/closing-bank-account-after-death): When someone dies, closing their bank account follows a clear path. This guide explains small-estate limits, joint versus sole accounts, and when a grant of probate is needed.
- [Contesting a Will: Grounds, Process and Time Limits](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/contesting-a-will-grounds-process-time-limits): The legal grounds for contesting a will in England and Wales, who can claim, the time limits, the costs and what to expect.
- [Do You Need Probate? When It Is Required and When It Isn't](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/do-you-need-probate): Not every estate needs probate. When a grant is required, when small estates and jointly owned assets pass without one, and how to find out where you stand.
- [Donating Belongings to Charity After a Death: A Practical Guide](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/donating-belongings-charity-after-death): Practical advice on giving someone's belongings to charity after their death: who has authority, valuations first, which charities collect in East Yorkshire, fire label rules and the tax position.
- [Executor Duties Explained: Your Responsibilities and Where to Get Help](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/executor-duties-explained-responsibilities): What an executor must do, the personal liability that comes with the role, how to renounce and when to get help.
- [Fixed Fee vs Hourly Probate: How to Compare Solicitor Quotes](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/fixed-fee-vs-hourly-probate-comparing-quotes): Probate can be billed as a fixed fee, an hourly rate, or a percentage of the estate, and the difference can run to thousands of pounds. Here is how to compare quotes properly.
- [Funeral Directors in Bridlington: A Local Guide](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/funeral-directors-bridlington-east-yorkshire): A guide to funeral directors in Bridlington and East Yorkshire, independent and national, with plain advice on costs, help with paying, and what happens next.
- [How Long Does Probate Take? Realistic Timelines for East Yorkshire Families](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/how-long-does-probate-take-timelines): The grant of probate usually arrives within weeks, but settling the whole estate often takes nine to twelve months. A plain timeline of what happens when, and what slows it down.
- [How much can a bank release without probate? The thresholds, the £5,000 rule and what happens above them](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/how-much-can-a-bank-release-without-probate): There is no legal probate threshold for banks. Each bank sets its own limit for paying out on a death certificate and an indemnity, and the £5,000 people quote governs the court fee, not the bank.
- [How Much Does Probate Cost in 2026/27? A Clear Breakdown of Fees](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/how-much-does-probate-cost-fees-breakdown): From the £526 court fee to solicitor charges: a plain breakdown of what probate costs in 2026/27, and how to keep the cost down.
- [How to Get a Property Valued for Probate in Bridlington](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/property-valuation-for-probate-bridlington): The home is usually the biggest asset in an estate, so its probate value matters. How property valuation for probate works in Bridlington, and when a formal RICS valuation is worth paying for.
- [How to Value an Estate for Probate: A Step-by-Step Guide](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/how-to-value-an-estate-for-probate): Valuing the estate is the first real job an executor faces. This guide walks through what to include, how to value each type of asset, and the mistakes that cause problems later.
- [Named as executor but do not want the job? Renouncing, reserving power and stepping down](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/named-as-executor-but-do-not-want-the-job): Nobody can be forced to act as executor. How to renounce on form PA15, what power reserved means, why intermeddling closes the door, how stepping down after the grant works, and what to do about a co-executor who will not act.
- [Probate Rule Changes in 2025: What Executors Need to Know](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/probate-rule-changes-2025-what-executors-need-to-know): Probate rules changed in November 2025 and the fees changed again in July 2026. This guide explains what changed and what it means if you are an executor or administrator.
- [Probate Valuations and Auction Houses in East Yorkshire](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/probate-valuations-auction-houses-east-yorkshire): Where to get probate valuations in East Yorkshire, including David Duggleby in Scarborough and Dee Atkinson and Harrison in Driffield, and what HMRC expects.
- [Registering a Death in Bridlington: Where to Go and What to Bring](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/registering-a-death-bridlington): How to register a death in the Bridlington area: the five-day rule, where to go, what to take, the Tell Us Once service, and what the documents you receive are for.
- [Selling a House During Probate in Bridlington](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/selling-house-during-probate-bridlington): A practical guide to selling a house during probate in Bridlington: when you can sell, local estate agents, capital gains tax and the legal steps.
- [What Happens If You Die Without a Will? The Intestacy Rules Explained](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/dying-without-a-will-intestacy-rules-explained): Without a valid will, strict legal rules decide who inherits, and the results can surprise people. This guide explains how intestacy works and why a will matters.
- [What Is a Grant of Probate and When Do You Need One?](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/what-is-a-grant-of-probate-explained): A grant of probate is the court document that proves an executor's authority to deal with someone's estate. What it does, how it differs from letters of administration, and when you need one.
- [What to Do When Someone Dies: A Step-by-Step Checklist](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/what-to-do-when-someone-dies-checklist): The practical steps to take when someone dies in England and Wales, from registering the death to deciding whether probate is needed.

## Trusts guides

- [Can I put my house in my children's names? Yes, and why it usually makes things worse](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/can-i-put-my-house-in-my-childrens-names): You can put your house in your children's names, and for most families it makes things worse. Why the house usually stays in your estate, why the council can still count it, and what to do instead.
- [Deeds of Variation Explained: Redirecting an Inheritance](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/deeds-of-variation-redirecting-inheritance): How a deed of variation lets beneficiaries redirect an inheritance after a death, the tax advantages and the strict two-year time limit.
- [Do I need to register my trust with HMRC? Which trusts must register, the deadlines and the penalties](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/do-i-need-to-register-my-trust-with-hmrc): Which trusts must be registered on HMRC's Trust Registration Service, which are excluded, the 90 day and tax year deadlines, what you need to hand, the penalties, and who is responsible.
- [Family protection trust explained: the will version, the lifetime version, and what each protects](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/family-protection-trust-explained): What a family protection trust actually is, which of the two things sold under that name you are being offered, what the will version protects and does not protect, and why the lifetime version needs care.
- [Farm and business inheritance tax from April 2026: what East Yorkshire families need to do](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/farm-and-business-inheritance-tax-from-april-2026): From 6 April 2026 the first £2.5 million of farmland and business property per person gets 100% relief, with 50% above that and ten interest-free instalments. What East Yorkshire farming families need to check, and why wills written before 2026 may need another look.
- [Gifts out of surplus income: the unlimited inheritance tax exemption most families miss](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/gifts-out-of-surplus-income-inheritance-tax): Regular gifts from income you do not spend leave your estate immediately, with no upper limit. The three tests, what counts as income, and the records your executors will need for IHT403.
- [Inheritance Tax Planning with Trusts: What You Need to Know](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/inheritance-tax-planning-trusts-guide): How trusts can reduce inheritance tax, the charges they carry, and the rules that catch people out, explained in plain English.
- [Property protection trusts: the disadvantages nobody mentions](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/property-protection-trust-disadvantages): The drawbacks of a property protection trust that sales pitches leave out: it protects half the home at most, trustees control the title, it saves no tax, it needs registering and running, and it can be undone.
- [Protecting Your Family Home: Life Interest Trusts and Property Protection Trusts Explained](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/protecting-family-home-life-interest-property-trusts): How life interest trusts and property protection trusts work, what they can and cannot protect, and how to decide whether one is right for you.
- [Protecting Your Home from Care Home Fees](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/protecting-home-from-care-home-fees): How trusts, joint ownership and early planning can protect your home from care home fees, and the rules on giving assets away.
- [Setting Up a Trust for Your Children or Grandchildren](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/setting-up-trust-children-grandchildren): How a trust lets you leave money or property to children or grandchildren without handing it over at 18, the main types, and what they cost.
- [Trusts Explained: A Plain-English Guide to How Trusts Work in England and Wales](https://safeharbour.legal/guides/trusts-explained-plain-english-guide): What a trust is, who is involved, the main types, how trusts are taxed and when one might matter for your family, in plain English.

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