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Society & Law > Plan your will and estate (the links below will take you online)
Contact a legal professional
	Find A Lawyer A database of 'web-friendly' law firms all over the UK. You can choose to find either firms of solicitors or barristers and search according to a number of different criteria including by region, making it easier to find a law firm in your local area.
	Free Lawyer This is an online law firm that can provide legal advice from a panel of 'virtual lawyers'. However, the sites most useful facility is the 'find solicitors firm' section that allows you to search for a firm in your area specialising in a specific area.
	Lawyer Locator Using this site you can locate a law firm throughout the UK. All you need to do is enter some details about your location and the area of law you require help with and you will be given a comprehensive list of local firms with full contact details.
Get financial advice and information
	Financial Services Authority - Advice The FSA is the independent organisation that is responsible for regulation of the banking industry. This is their consumer advice section and its packed with excellent advice to help you make the best decisions and choose the right products.
	FIND This is the Financial Information Net Directory. The first place to look for financial services on the web. This is a professional site, simply laid out and easy to use, with up-to-the-minute news backing up the links to online dealing websites.
	IFA Promotion This is one of the original and best unbiased sites for finding an independent financial adviser. It has an easy to use system that can match you with an adviser that best suits your requirements and who is usually from your local area. A great resource.
	Moneynet This excellent site has been rated as one of the best personal finance sites. It is one of the most comprehensive and easily searchable sites providing details of hundreds of different financial products and allowing to find the best deals. Brilliant
	Unbiased Finding an independent financial adviser in your local area is made incredibly simple with this great website. Simply type in your postcode and state what type of advice you need and you will be given the details of a number of suitable local advisers.
Get legal advice
	Compact Law A very good UK based legal portal that offers free advice and information about a very wide range of different situations. The site is organised into categories within which there is a wealth of relevant and up to date information. Well worth a look.
	Law on the Web This is an excellent legal portal that provides free advice and information in a very wide range of different categories. From here you can also access a number of other very good legal sites. Law on the Web is well written, comprehensive and very useful.
	Legal Advice Free As the name implies, this site offers free legal advice and links on a wide range of different topics. The advice is usually up to date and whilst it is no substitute for personal advice from a solicitor it can be a very useful guide to where you stand.
	The Community Legal Service The CLS was set up by the government in order to try and ensure that people can get information and help about their legal rights and understand how to enforce them in the right place and at the right time. A very useful site that can be of great use.
	UK Legal A legal site that offers a wide range of links to organisations, websites and individuals who can help you with most aspects of UK law. It's not the most comprehensive site as it relies somewhat on people advertising their services but still worth a look.
Know your rights
	Advice Guide Advice Guide gives you basic advice and information on your rights. It can provide you with a broad outline of where you stand and what you can do. Excellent as a first step in understanding your rights.
	NACAB This is a great website that offers a fantastic service. You can use this site to find out where you nearest citizens advice bureau is and use it to get advice about all sorts of things. There is also information about a range of related issues.
Understand inheritance tax
	Inheritance Tax Planning This site answers many of the most important questions about inheritance tax in an easy to understand way and can help to pint you in the direction of some more detailed help.
	Inland Revenue The Inland Revenue are by far the most comprehensive and up to date source information about UK taxation and national insurance. You can find the full range of advice leaflets here as well as statistics and information about the various different taxes.
Write a will
	Best Will in the World A simple service is offered on this website that can help you to create a legal and binding will for less money than you would often be charged in person by solicitors. All it requires you to do is fill in a questionnaire with all the relevant details.
	Friendly Wills This site offers a fairly cost effective alternative to using solicitor for the creation of your will. A simple step by step process and £30 will get you a professionally bound and presented will delivered to your door with no hassles.
	Home Wills For just £2.99 you can order a kit that includes all you need to create a last will and testament that is legal in England and Wales. Once you have agreed to pay for the package, you can download it instantly and have a will within half an hour or so.
	The Will Site This site was set up to raise money for charities by providing excellent will writing services online and encouraging people to leave money to charity. For a relatively small fee you can create a legal will online and have it assessed by a solicitor.

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