Personal legal - looking after your future

Blair Cadell's Personal legal services focus on what matters to you about your property and assets - future-planning, family provisions, taxation and protection

We understand that our clients face a variety of challenges at different times, often unexpected, sometimes demanding and urgent.  We aim to provide efficient and cost-effective advice, and our clients trust us to guide and support them in the right way at these times

Wills and estates

Personal legal service A Will is the only certain way of ensuring that your assets ultimately go where you want them to go. Blair Cadell can organise this for you – straight forward or complex, whatever your needs. Visit out Wills FAQs for more information

When a death occurs Blair Cadell has the sensitivity, knowledge and expertise that’s needed, when it’s needed most, to guide and assist with arrangements, and to deal with the efficient winding up a deceased’s estate

Powers of Attorney

Personal legal service A Power of Attorney is a formal document appointing a trusted person or persons to help one manage one’s affairs in the event of absence, illness or incapacity

Powers of Attorney are increasingly recognised as an essential part of future planning. Blair Cadell’s Personal legal team are used to drafting Powers of Attorney to accommodate a wide variety of different circumstances. They themselves are often asked to act as Attorneys for our clients and so have a wealth of practical as well as legal experience to offer

Trusts and asset protection

Personal legal service Trusts are utilised for a variety of purposes – such as tax planning, charity and protection of young or vulnerable individuals

Blair Cadell provide in depth advice to clients in all different circumstances in the setting up and ongoing management of Trusts, including liaison with related financial and/or IFA experts

Contact a member of the Personal legal team for further information

Taxation

Personal legal service Specialist advice on tax returns, payroll, bookkeeping and tax planning for personal tax payers, sole traders, partnerships, and limited companies alike on income, capital gains, inheritance, partnership, corporation, executry and non-residents landlord taxes, as well as VAT

Visit our tax page for more information

Elderly care

Personal legal service Many of our clients and their families rely on Blair Cadell's guidance and advice in planning for, arranging or managing care in old age. Every situation is different and our Personal legal team have a wealth of knowledge and experience in assessing options and helping with decisions, including good knowledge of the care and nursing facilities in and around the Edinburgh area

Charities

Personal legal service Blair Cadell’s charity clients, national and local, small and large benefit from advice tailored to individual their ethos, with a wide variety of services – including those related to finance, property and other practical issues – delivered with responsibility, commitment, efficiency, and cost-awareness

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