Wills & Probate

Everyone should make a will; there are real benefits from doing so. Don’t make a mistake by writing it yourself, have it prepared professionally.

Burnetts Solicitors in Carlisle, Whitehaven and Gosforth wiill provide you with expert advice on how best to provide for your partner, your children and other members of the family. We will also advise you as to inheritance tax liabilities and ways to mitigate these liabilities.

We are also experts in the administration of estates and taking the burden of that work from your shoulders at what can be an upsetting time.

Our service includes:

• Will preparation
• Inheritance tax advice and planning
• Powers of Attorney
• Trust creation 
• Administration of estates
• Home visits

Our disputes team can also help in the case of disagreements arising from the interpretation of a will or the division of an estate.

Burnetts recently became a Hospice at Home Business Partner. As part of our fundraising efforts, Burnetts is giving the charity’s supporters the opportunity to have their Will professionally drawn up (or amended) and we will not be earning a penny.