My current husband and I have recently married. We each have two grown-up children from previous marriages and sold our homes to pool resources and buy a new home together. Now we need to make new Wills. We want to ensure our surviving spouse has a lifetime interest in our home if one of us dies and that all our children get an equal share of our estate. To keep costs down, should we make a joint Will?

I trust my fiancé implicitly, but my family are more sceptical and think I should set up a pre-nuptial agreement before we get married in October, to protect the sizeable inheritance I got from my grandparents. It is worth mentioning that my girlfriend comes from a less privileged background than I do and earns only a fraction of what I earn as a director of my family’s business. What is your view on prenups?

I rarely saw my cousin in later years but am sole executor of his Will. He now has terminal cancer, so I will soon need to execute my duties. Because I know so little of his affairs, I am worried about knowing what, if any, debts he has that need paying, and how I can ensure I am not held personally liable if I miss any. It seems insensitive to ask him. What can I do?

A Wrexham trainee solicitor who developed a passion for criminal law whist carrying out Court Reporting during her undergraduate degree course in journalism has qualified as a Police Station Representative following successful completion of a Critical Incidents Test and Written Portfolio.