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Hartley & Crowe
Bath, Somerset
4.9(187)
Private client & estate planning specialists
STEP member (TEP)SRA regulated22 years' experience
Wills · Trusts · Inheritance TaxView profile
Lothian · Scotland
Will writers in Edinburgh
Qualified will writers and estate-planning solicitors across Edinburgh and the Lothians — Scottish-law specialists, Law Society of Scotland members, and STEP-affiliated practitioners.
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Edinburgh sits at the heart of the Scottish legal profession, with a strong concentration of estate-planning solicitors and STEP-affiliated practitioners. Scottish succession law differs materially from England & Wales — there is no concept of testamentary freedom in the same way, and 'legal rights' give surviving spouses, civil partners and children fixed claims on the moveable estate regardless of what a will says.
Directory listings cover central Edinburgh (New Town, Old Town, Stockbridge, Morningside, Leith), the surrounding Lothians (Midlothian, East Lothian, West Lothian) and the wider south-east Scotland area. Many practices also handle cross-border estates where assets straddle the Scottish and English jurisdictions.
If you have lived in both Scotland and England, you should check with a practitioner whether you are domiciled in Scotland or in England & Wales — domicile, not residence, determines which succession rules apply to most of your estate.
Jurisdiction: Scotland operates a separate legal system. Look for Law Society of Scotland membership; STEP credentials remain useful for cross-border or complex estates.
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