The partners of a law firm with offices in Wrexham, Oswestry and Llangollen celebrated the firm’s 55^th anniversary on Friday 11^th July by inviting staff and former partners to join them for afternoon tea followed by an evening river cruise.

Second marriages and civil partnerships are not uncommon these days, and it is often the case that one partner will move into a home owned solely by the other. It is therefore surprising that few such homeowners are aware of ‘Matrimonial Home Rights’ that could see the incomer having a legal right to remain in the property if the couple split up, even if their name is not on the mortgage or title deeds.

My grandfather has died suddenly and I have found a document in his property that looks like a Will. The problem is that it is hand-drafted so I am not sure if it is valid? Also, one of the beneficiaries (my mum) has witnessed the Will. Please can you advise on the validity?

My wife left me last year. We have two sons whom we co-parent half a week each. She did not want to stay in the jointly owned marital home, and somehow managed to get a housing association property in another town near her new partner, although they do not ‘officially’ live together. She does not want a divorce right now, which I suspect is because she hopes I will receive an inheritance before that happens and she thinks she will get half of it in the divorce settlement. Would she be entitled to any of my inheritance?

Writing a Will is something that all adults should do, and as lawyers we are constantly driving home the importance of doing it at an early age. But whilst more young people are now taking this on board, there is still a danger that once they have done it they will file it away and forget about the need for updating it.

My wife and I own 14 rental properties, some of which are HMOs. When we passed the official retirement age we decided to put them into a limited company and appoint our daughter and son-in-law as directors and shareholders. Now their marriage is on the rocks and we are concerned what will happen to the business if they divorce and we die. If we restructured the business, could we put it in trust for our daughter?

My mum recently passed away but I’m not sure if she made a Will. My dad died a few years ago and I don’t think that he made one either. What should I do? And what happens if she did not make one?

Please can you advise? I am sole executor of my cousin’s Will. He died last year and getting probate is taking a while. The main beneficiary of his Will was his wife. When he died she was alive and well, but then she died suddenly from an unexpected heart attack a few weeks ago. I am not an executor of her Will. Will the inheritance she would have received from my cousin’s Will now become part of her estate, to be passed on in accordance with her Will?

There is so much bad press these days about holidays and what can happen to the consumer when things go wrong, I am nervous about booking a holiday online through one of the travel portals. If I were to book a flight and hotel separately, as opposed to buying a readymade ‘package holiday’, would I have any legal protection?