Can AI Write Your Will? Here’s Why That’s a Gamble

Somewhere out there, someone is asking ChatGPT to “write me a will” the same way they’d ask it to write a birthday speech. It’s a reasonable instinct. AI is fast, free, and confident – three qualities that make it dangerously persuasive when the stakes are your entire estate. Here’s the twist, though: even South Africa’s […]

Common wealth-planning mistakes

In his poem The Mistake, James Fenton talks about the sad truth in making mistakes. He beautifully describes that even with blatant warnings that are ignored or subtle hints that have gone unnoticed, we sometimes go about our lives not knowing about the mistakes we are making and how they will impact our loved ones […]

TIME FOR ESTATE DUTY TO GO?

The days of estate duty may be numbered according to Nicolene Schoeman of Schoeman Attorneys and an article by Barry Ger, Cape Town-based tax consultant, in the May issue of De Rebus, the SA attorneys’ journal published by the Law Society of South Africa (LSSA). His opinion is echoed by several other media reports. In […]