It lets your loved ones know how you have remembered them, it tells your dependants how you have provided for them, and it should make sure that those tasked with winding up your estate have all the information they may need to do so easily and expeditiously – with the minimum distress and trauma.

Are you prepared for the inevitable event of your own death? Have you thought about who will be there to comfort and provide for your children, arrange your funeral and tie up all your affairs after you are gone?

When you die, someone must make arrangements for your dependants, your animals and your staff. They must claim on any relevant insurance policies, cancel your subscriptions and your phone contracts, close your bank accounts, notify SARS of your death and possibly even take responsibility for running your business whilst your estate is being wound up (which is often a year or more). It’s a time consuming and thankless task. It’s bad enough if you leave behind detailed instructions for them – and it’s completely terrifying if you don’t!

Reduce the burden on your loved ones by leaving them with detailed and clear instructions about how your affairs should be wound up upon your death. Let me help you.