Can I Remove Someone From My Will?
If you want to ensure your loved ones are taken care of and that your belongings are distributed according to your wishes after you pass away, then it clearly makes sense to leave a will….
Our mission is to be an approachable, accessible provider of high-quality legal services across the South West whilst being part of the local communities in which we are located and to be the firm of choice for both clients and staff.
Our company is one of the largest legal practices in the South West, with 13 offices covering Devon, Cornwall and Somerset.
With clearly defined divisions catering for business and private clients, our teams are able to offer the very best legal advice through a full range of legal services, across a wide range of areas and commercial sectors.
With more than 145 legal professionals on our team, visit our ‘People’ page to meet them all.
WBW Solicitors and Chartered Financial Planners has a long history of working and building relationships with individuals, organisations, and companies in the South West. We are dedicated to providing the best legal and financial services to our local community and, as part of this philosophy, we actively support and sponsor local groups, clubs and charities.
Each year we have a nominated charity of the year, our current chosen charity is Alzheimer’s Society. Alzheimer’s Society’s funded research aims to improve diagnosis, develop new treatments, and improve care and support for people living with dementia.
WBW Solicitors has taken a significant step towards fostering a more inclusive and compassionate society for those affected by dementia. The firm has pledged to become a dementia-friendly organisation, with individuals across the business participating in training sessions to become ‘Dementia Friends.’ This initiative will empower them to provide support to individuals with dementia and their families.
At WBW, we take pride in ourselves for our corporate social responsibility.
We are glad to be fortunate enough that we can provide charitable donations to great causes such as the ‘Make a Will Week’ where we raised £9,165 for Rowcroft Hospice. We are also thankful that we have such vibrant local communities around us with an abundance of activities and events to get involved with, for example, The Big Tackle event organised by Rowcroft Hospice which we have been sponsors of since its inception in 2020.
However, we believe being socially responsible extends beyond the community and charity work that we do. We argue that in order to be truly socially responsible we must actively try to limit our impact on the environment. This is why we have considerably increased our efforts in environmental responsibility over the last few years.
WBW put the ‘’World first’’ when it comes to sustainability, awareness of our impact on the environment and reducing our carbon footprint. We promote the circular economy principle of reducing, repairing and reusing as much as possible in all thirteen of our offices. When purchasing new supplies we ensure all our paper is 100% recycled and we work closely with our suppliers to ensure the products we use are sustainable wherever possible. Toner Cartridges and IT equipment are also recycled. As the number of our offices expand we ensure travel between locations is limited to essential journeys, and where necessary combined with the delivery of post or stationery.
In order to further offset our impact on the environment, we are using Binit for the majority of our waste removal services and print our business cards only on 100% recycled paper. Binit are experts in commercial waste removal and more importantly, recycling. No matter what recycling and rubbish we produce, Binit have the vehicles and facilities to process it locally and in the most eco-friendly way possible. Nothing gets sent directly to the landfill. They send nearly all the rubbish to be incinerated at Energy from Waste (EfW) plants. These generate electricity and heat that powers homes in the UK. The by-products and bottom ash are generally used in the construction industry and any metal in that ash is recycled. Recycling, such as glass, cardboard or tins are processed at local Material Reclamation Facilities (MRF) and can be taken mixed or source-segregated.
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In everything we do with our People, our Clients and our Communities, we live by these values:
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We genuinely care about our clients and our employees are committed to providing the highest quality service, both individually and as part of a team.
We understand that our staff are essential for our future and value the contribution each individual makes to our success.
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We aim to deliver the highest quality legal advice and exceptional customer service to our clients.
We pride ourselves on the deep sector and service knowledge we have as a firm. We provide our clients access to highly experienced and specialist legal practitioners.
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We are proud to provide a friendly, flexible, and supported working environment for all our staff.
We work with our clients as ‘one’ team. We provide a flexible and responsive service that is tailored to their needs and goals. Internally, we encourage collaborative working and open conversations with management and everyone else in the firm across all our departments.
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We are confident in the advice we give.
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Thank you to you and your colleagues for the professionalism and service offered in dealing with my late father’s estate. We wanted the things that we could not deal with to be handled with the minimum of fuss and involvement from us and you have achieved that, which we appreciate.
I consider that the service I have received from WBW Solicitors, and from Lucy Davis in particular, has been prompt, efficient and agreeable. This has been important not least because selling house and moving are highly stressful activities. Lucy has done much to help me manage in this respect.
Justin put me at ease through a very difficult period with his excellent and attentive service.
Joanne has been a completely amazing weapon to us for both the purchase and sale of our properties and I have no doubt that the reason it has all gone through so smoothly is due to her knowledge, experience and hard work in the background. We feel extremely lucky to have had her representing us! Thank you so much.
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