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A wedding photograph from the 1930s. My father's parents on their wedding day, posed in a photographer's studio with another couple, the bride holding a bouquet.
My father's parents, married1930s
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A large family gathering for my mother Anne's seventieth birthday. Every person is wearing a printed t-shirt showing the portrait photograph taken of her in 1941.
My mother's seventieth2011
Wills, estate planning and digital legacy

Preserving memories. Protecting legacies.

Two photographs, eighty years apart. On the left, my father's parents on their wedding day. On the right, my mother's seventieth. Between them, a family grew. Looking after what a family gathers along the way, and deciding what happens to it, is what we do.

I still remember finding an old photograph of my father's parents on their wedding day. It stopped me in my tracks.

In recent years I have lost my mum, my dad and my sister. What remains are memories — fragile, precious, deeply personal.

Michael Coyle · Founder

What we do

Straightforward legal work, done properly

We are solicitors regulated by the SRA, not a will-writing service. Every document is drafted and checked by a qualified person.

01 / Wills

Will writing

Drafting so your wishes are clearly documented and legally valid.

  • Clear distribution of your estate
  • Guardians for children under 18
  • Appointment of executors
  • Review as circumstances change
02 / Capacity

Lasting powers of attorney

Appoint people you trust to decide for you if you cannot decide for yourself.

  • Property and financial affairs
  • Health and welfare
  • Registration with the Office of the Public Guardian
  • Choosing your attorneys
03 / Trusts

Trusts

Protecting assets and providing for beneficiaries over time.

  • Discretionary trusts
  • Life interest trusts
  • Bare trusts
  • Trusts for vulnerable beneficiaries
04 / Probate

Probate and estate administration

Support for executors and administrators dealing with an estate.

  • Grant of probate where there is a will
  • Letters of administration where there is not
  • Reporting to HMRC
  • Collecting and distributing assets
05 / Tax

Inheritance tax planning

Clear advice on how inheritance tax may affect your estate and what lawful planning is available to you.

  • Nil-rate and residence nil-rate bands
  • Gifts made in your lifetime
  • Charitable giving
06 / Digital

Digital legacy

Your will and key documents held securely, alongside the photographs and records that give them meaning.

  • Encrypted document store
  • Inventory of digital assets
  • A clear route in for your executors
The part nobody else does

A will tells people what you owned. It doesn't tell them who you were.

Photographs, letters, voice notes, the account that holds forty years of family pictures. Most of it now sits behind a password nobody else has. We store it properly and make sure the right people can reach it when they need to.

How the vault works
In transit
TLS 1.3 [to be confirmed by Sachin against the actual build]
At rest
AES-256 [to be confirmed]
Hosting
United Kingdom data centres [to be confirmed]
Access
Released to named executors on production of a grant
Held by
Lawdit Solicitors Limited, regulated by the SRA
Detail from the 1930s photograph of my father's parents on their wedding day.
When I look at their faces, I wonder what they would make of the digital world we live in now. Tradition respected, progress embraced, family at the centre — I like to think they would approve.

Michael Coyle · Founder · Read the full story