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To Will or not to Will?
(DIY)Do-it-yourself may work in various aspects of our lives like plastering your living room or cleaning the dust out of your laptop. Here are some interesting figures about Wills, DIY wills and the...
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Types of Wills … Let’s Break it down
Over the next few blogs we will endeavour to shed some light on the different types of Will options available in a bid to help you decide which works best for you. A good place to start is with...
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Property Trust Will – What can happen to your property?
We kick start 2015 looking into another type of Will – the Property Trust Will. This type of Will is designed to protect a property’s value for future generations. It ensures the property is not...
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Supporting a charity in your Will
Making a Will is one of the most important decisions you will ever make. Ensuring your family is provided for after you’re gone should be a priority for most of us. But after taking care of family and...
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Difference between living Wills and living Trust
As we come to a close on our definitions and explanations of the various Wills available, we take a closer look at the difference between a living Will and a living Trust. Let’s take a living Trust...
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First Google, and now Facebook is following our lead – Facebook rolls out...
In 2013, Google launched it’s Inactivity Account Manager and at Planned Departure we crossed our fingers in the hope that other companies would start following suit. Which is why we are delighted to...
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Launch: Digital legacy of your emails – who should get what?
Emails have become our primary medium of communication. From utility bills to bank statements and share certificates – everything is delivered via email. It is estimated that on and average, there are...
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Good but not enough
Recently Facebook released its legacy contact feature in the UK. This is a welcome move by Facebook and highlights the importance of ‘digital legacy’. However, our digital life and digital footprint...
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The Second International Death Online Research Symposium – Summary of the...
I had the privilege of attending The Second International Death Online Research Symposium, held at the Kingston University, London, UK on August 17th – 18th, 2015. It was good to meet others, who like...
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Infographic – Digitisation, internet data and ….
… legacy. Infographic on digitisation, internet, data and how it is impacting our legacy.
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What exactly are we leaving behind?
A couple of days ago, the BBC’s legal correspondent, Clive Coleman, wrote a captivating story about Louise Palmer’s struggle with Facebook to maintain access to her daughter’s social media account....
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The Autobituary
In the past, when a loved one died a funeral service would be held followed by a burial service at the local cemetery. Family and close friends would attend both services and each year some would...
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The digital vs physical issue – seen from a distance
During the dotcom boom in the late 90s, the period when digital technologies were beginning to make their mark, it would have been inconceivable that digital property should be included in...
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The right to communicate
The history of the Internet is a debated subject, but what we do know for sure is that the US National Science Foundation (NSF) funded the establishment for national supercomputing centers at several...
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What’s it worth?
Few will doubt that digital photography has overtaken conventional film for amateur and professional photographers. With our daily use of social media networks – Flickr, Facebook, Instagram and others...
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Digital Assets Postmortem – Probate versus Policy
Death in Cyberspace could have been taken directly from a Flash Gordon comic strip: Flash Gordon in combat with Ming the Merciless, the evil ruler of the planet Mongo. It’s a bit more serious than...
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Life in the Cyberlane
Oh how things have changed. Around 600 BC, Athenian statesman and law maker, Solon, was credited with the introduction into Greek law of wills. Prior to this, no man in Greece was allowed to make a...
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Is your life plan ready?
What I learnt from my father’s experience and from my own is that it is very important to plan. And, Planning is not a static exercise it is dynamic. Our circumstances change and so do our needs. Each...
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State Pension changes in 2016 – can I top up my pension?
Retirement Planing We, at Planned Departure believe that planning is a continuous process and legacy is just a part of it. An important part of planning is taking care of pensions. Recently, there has...
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Happy New Year
Happy New Year We would like to wish all our readers a happy and prosperous 2016. Please continue to support us by sharing our content and inviting others to join our platform. Start planning now in...
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