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Legal Wills

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  1. #1

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    Legal Wills

    If I have properties in Canada and HK, and want to have a legal will created, should I have one from HK and one from Canada or just one from either place?

    Thanks

    Peter


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    Just one from either place should suffice. I have properties in UK and HK and recently wrote my will through a solicitor here which will cover all of my assets regardless of where they are.


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    The advice I have received is the reverse - one will for each jurisdiction where you have major assets. A fundamental issue with wills is determining where you are domiciled - this has major tax implications, and can be complicated if you have property in multiple countries (particularly if none of the countries is your country of birth).

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    I second PLDM. I had to have 2 wills due to assets in UK and HK. This was on the advice of my UK solicitor.

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