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The Clock
In my line of work, you learn that people don’t just leave behind assets and possessions; they leave behind the words they never said. After 18 years, I've seen it time and again: the final, desperate attempt to mend a broken relationship, to offer a long-overdue apology, to say "I love you" when it's
The Case of the Missing Diamond
People often assume my job is about tidy sums of money and neat piles of assets. I can assure you, it is not. My job is about untangling the bizarre, the baffling, and, on one memorable occasion, the missing. I was tasked with administering the will of a gentleman I'll call Mr. Davies. The
The Great Un-Feud
There’s a part of my job that's not listed on the professional forms or legal handbooks. It’s the part where I have to sit in a room with a grieving family and watch, with a kind of resigned inevitability, as simmering rivalries come to the surface. After 18 years, I can spot the signs
The Bench
After 18 years as a Will Writer, you get used to the strange requests. The family heirlooms with ludicrous conditions, the grudges written in legal clauses, the oddly specific bequests of garden gnomes. You become a bit of a cynic, seeing people at their most chaotic and, sometimes, their most selfish. But every now
The Gnome of Contention
A client of mine, a sweet old lady I’ll call Mrs. Pritchard, wanted to leave her home to her two sons. Seemingly straightforward, right? Not in my line of work. It turns out her son Kevin had, years ago, “borrowed” a specific garden gnome from his brother's front lawn during a particularly heated family
My Job Is Not What You Think It Is
When I tell people I’m a Will Writer, I get one of two reactions. The first is a polite, slightly horrified smile, as if they’ve just learned I’m a professional grave-digger. The second is a long, awkward silence, as they suddenly remember they haven’t gotten around to that bit of admin yet. They picture
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