Estate Planning and Wills Editing and Proofreading Services

A will is the rare document that must be interpreted at the one moment its author cannot be asked what they meant. Everything ambiguous in it becomes a question for someone else to answer — often a court, often between relatives who no longer speak. Estate documents are, for that reason, the strongest argument in law for a careful second read before signing.

We edit wills and codicils, trust deeds, powers of attorney, advance directives and living wills, estate inventories, letters of wishes, and executor correspondence. Our editors look for the things that cause estate litigation: beneficiaries described inconsistently, a residue clause that does not account for every scenario, gifts of property no longer owned, defined terms used loosely, and numbers that appear one way in words and another in figures.

We also flag silent gaps — what happens if a beneficiary predeceases, what happens to an asset the will never mentions. We do not give legal advice and we never change your intentions; we point out where a reader could reasonably take two different meanings, and leave the decision to you and your lawyer.

Your documents are handled with complete confidentiality. Whether you are a practitioner finalising a complex trust or an individual writing your own will, the goal is the same: no surprises later.