Leading law firm Thorntons today launched its annual Charity Wills initiative for 2017 and hopes to drum up extra support by outlining common myths about Wills.

Making a Will is something everyone in Scotland aged over 16 should be thinking about but people often fear it’s a costly and morbid experience – this isn’t the case and September is the ideal time to get affairs in order while supporting a local cause.

Thorntons has raised more than £270,000 for Cash for Kids throughout its 21 years of Charity Wills, taking place every September.

One of the largest full service law firms in Scotland has today (1 June 2017) announced the appointment of three new partners, expanding its senior team in Dundee and Edinburgh.

Two of the appointments at Thorntons are of existing associates, namely Chris Byrne and Jacqueline Henderson. The third appointment is Morna Coutts, who joins the firm after seven years at Morton Fraser.

Leading law firm Thorntons has achieved its biggest ever fundraising total for its 20th annual Charity Wills Campaign.

Thorntons has raised an impressive £42,000 after pledging its support to Cash for Kids by waiving their fees for making or updating Wills throughout September 2016.

With changes in residential property legislation afoot and a growing awareness of the need to have a Power of Attorney, leading law firm Thorntons is aiming to shed light on these topics with free information sessions across the country.

Thorntons is hosting eleven seminars over the coming weeks across its office locations in Angus, Fife, Perth and Dundee. The one hour sessions aim to update local communities on the latest developments in care home costs and the Residential Nil Rate for Inheritance Tax.

Thorntons has launched its yearly campaign to highlight the importance of having an up-to-date will whilst raising thousands of pounds for a children's charity.
During the whole of September, we will create or update wills for people in return for a donation to Radio Tay listeners' charity Cash for Kids.

The charity supports hundreds of children across Dundee, Angus, Perthshire and North Fife by helping to buy specialist equipment for children with physical disabilities.

Leading law firm has achieves its biggest ever fundraising total for annual Charity Wills Campaign.
Charity Wills Cheque Presentation 2015

An impressive £35,000 has been raised for Cash for Kids following the firm's Charity Wills Month, which was held last November. This total is a staggering £12,000 more than the total raised in 2014.

Thorntons donate 23,225 to Cash for Kids Dundee's largest law firm has raised a record-breaking amount for Cash for Kids as a result of its annual Charity Wills Campaign. Dundee's largest law firm has raised a record-breaking amount for Cash for Kids as a result of its annual Charity Wills Campaign.

As we embark on 2014, our lives are increasingly conducted online.

Now, a Thorntons Solicitor is warning people to give some thought to what happens to our virtual world when we die.

The term 'digital assets' can cover everything from photographs and videos taken with a digital camera or mobile phone to Word documents, emails and social media pages.

Now, Murray Etherington, Partner, is warning people to bear these assets in mind when preparing one's Will.

Rugby team’s try for Will Month Thorntons launches annual charity Wills campaign A local rugby team has pitched in to help Tayside law firm, Thorntons, launch its annual Charity Wills Campaign.

The campaign, which takes place in November, aims to highlight the importance of drawing up a Will. Thorntons donates its fees from all Wills created or updated throughout the month to charity.

Last year, the firm raised a record breaking £22,000 for Cash for Kids – the largest amount it has ever handed over to a cause during Wills Month.