Tag: Spanish wills

  • Question to a UK solicitor: Do your clients need a Spanish will for their assets in Spain?

    Question to a UK solicitor: Do your clients need a Spanish will for their assets in Spain?

    It is quite likely that you will have one or two clients with assets in Spain and when it is time to deal with their estates, the probate in Spain could be a source of uncertainty or a source of conflict if there is not a Spanish Will in place. We can help you and…

  • I am an Executor on a Spanish estate. Do I still need an N.I.E.?

    The answer is simple: Yes. Any person appearing in a Will that is going to be used for the administration of a Spanish estate, whether this is an English or a Spanish Will, requires a N.I.E. number. Obviously, this applies to those who inherit the asset but also to those who are not beneficiaries under…

  • Can I renounce to an inheritance in Spain?

                    In most occassions, inheriting from a dead relative or friend comes associated with an increase in wealth. The heir or beneficiary inherits the assets or money that the deceased had and once the inheritance tax is paid, which sometimes can prove very expensive, the heir is left with…

  • Wills, wills, wills…

    As one of the few Spanish lawyers living and practising in this country, I often come across international probate matters where the deceased had assets both in Spain and in the UK. In certain occasions, the deceased is a Spanish national who moved to the UK for work and ended up owning assets in this…

  • Mistakes made when granting a Spanish will- Part IV

       This is my last article on the topic that I started some weeks ago. I could write about wills for weeks as this is a subject that I enjoy quite a lot but I am aware that this would make my blog quite boring and repetitive. I have therefore decided to conclude with an…

  • Mistakes made when making a Spanish Will- Part III

    This week I will talk about a mistake that is made after making a Spanish Will. I am talking about marriage. Obviously, I am not saying that marriage is a mistake (although some of my divorced friends may have something to say in this respect…). It is what happens with the marriage what worries me.…

  • Mistakes made when granting a Spanish will – Part II

    About two weeks ago I started a series of posts on the most common mistakes made when granting a Spanish Will. Now is time for another post. In my previous post I made mention to the tax aspects of leaving the property or a share on a property to the surviving spouse. This time I…

  • Mistakes made when granting a Spanish will- Part I

    As some of the readers of this blog are aware, I am a Spanish lawyer based in Manchester, UK. Most of my clients are British with interests or assets in Spain.  I think I have lost track of the number of Spanish wills I have drafted in the last 7 years since I came to…

  • About the “international wills” and other confusing type of wills

    The World is getting smaller. There is no doubt about it. In this era of globalisation, we have seen British acquiring properties in other countries such as Spain, France, Italy, you name it. The British affair with sunny places is well known. Programs such as “A place in the sun” are a good example of…

  • About the convenience of making a separate Spanish will

    Many Britons own property in Spain. The majority of them will know by now how convenient is to make a Will to cover their Spanish assets. They will have seen it on TV programs or read about in in the press or on the internet. However, I still find many cases where a Spanish Will has…