An introduction to legacies | Wordings to use in your will

Wordings to use in your will

These suggested wordings can be incorporated into a new will or can be added by means of a codicil to an existing one. Please feel free to give your chosen wording to your solicitor or will-writer.

For the whole residue of an estate:

“Subject to the payment of my just debts, funeral and testamentary expenses and any legacies, I give all the residue of my estate, both real and personal, to the Children’s Liver Disease Foundation (UK charity no. 1067331), of 36 Great Charles Street, Birmingham, B3 3JY. The receipt of the Treasurer, or other authorised officer, shall be sufficient discharge of the same.”

For a share in the residue of an estate:

“Subject to the payment of my just debts, funeral and testamentary expenses and any legacies, I give all the residue of my estate, both real and personal, to and equally between the following …….As to one part thereof to the Children’s Liver Disease Foundation (UK charity no. 1067331), of 36 Great Charles Street, Birmingham, B3 3JY. The receipt of the Treasurer, or other authorised officer, shall be sufficient discharge of the same.”

For a cash sum:

“I give to the Children’s Liver Disease Foundation (UK charity no. 1067331), of 36 Great Charles Street, Birmingham, B3 3JY the sum of £________ free of all taxes and duties and linked to the retail price index from today and I declare that the receipt of the Treasurer, or other authorised officer, shall be sufficient discharge of the same.”

For a specific item:

“I give to the Children’s Liver Disease Foundation (UK charity no. 1067331), of 36 Great Charles Street, Birmingham, B3 3JY free of taxes and duties (a clear description of the item to be given) for its general purposes and I declare that the receipt of the Treasurer, or other authorised officer, shall be sufficient discharge of the same.”