I have written 30,000 wills – these are the strangest requirements

A couple who create their own company will write, have told the strange requests they have received – including paying crabs.

Robert and Gill Phipps set up Pembroke will write in 2000 with a second -hand laptop and printer in the dining room of their home.

One quarter of a century and 30,000 would later, they probably have seen and heard everything – from demands without any legal influence for families who challenge what loved ones had loved.

In one of the strangest meetings over the years, the family -led company was located in Gillingham, Kent, say they were paid for their services with a direct crab.

Robert, at the age of 62, said: “I had a customer I could

â € œHai had elastic bands around its claws. I felt so bad for her, so I went down to Green to Sharpâ in Gillingham and dropped her into the sea.

“I was worried that someone might think I was up to something suspicious, so I actually called the police to let them know them.

â € œ I said â € € if any report someone who acts suspicious was just me, putting a crab back into the sea.

Due to the client’s confidentiality, Robert said he cannot go into many details, but says he is often complicated to marry people will be demanding with what is legally possible.

For example, he once had a mother who wanted to secure her sound?

He said: â € œcho defines fast women? I tried to explain that you can’t really put it in a will. All that will happen, there will be endless judicial arguments over what are considered a quick woman or a “fast woman”.

“We always tell customers not to rule from the grave; if it will remain money, it would be better to use it wisely.

While most of the wills include relatively modest amounts, Robert and Gill, 61, have fallen with some major arrangements, including â œSomeone from London that had over € 108 million to leave.

On the other side of the scale, there are often issues that arise with the recipients that do not occur or completely true about their circumstances.

For example, someone asked to make their inheritance step into their sister’s bank account, although the law demanded that the payment go directly to them.

Robert added: “It is likely that they would be in benefit and did not want the money to enter their account to lose those benefits. But you have to pay inherit directly for them.â €

During their years in the industry, family -led business has also seen some cases of people who disagree with the desire of their loved ones.

Robert said: “It is becoming increasingly regular since the pandemia. Challenged and won.â €

Before starting the company Robert made a blow to the royal Navy, which he joined in 16, and 11 years as a Kent’s policeman, before becoming a financial adviser.

It was common to deal with people who made no agreement on their death, so he begins to think.

He said, “I thought it would be a good idea if we could recommend someone, so I spoke with my wife’s cousin in Norfolk, who wrote Wills, and asked if we could recommend it.

“He said” no “because he was a mile away, but suggested that we did it with his help.”

The veteran of Falklands joined the Institute of Professionals will write and has passed variable courses over the years to gain the necessary qualifications.

Robert says his time in Mary and police helped him stay calm while talking to those who lost loved ones- who now comes available.

The business owner also encourages others not to write their will, especially in the era of mixed families.

He said: “The law only follows the blood line. So, for example, my sound has two sounds, but one of them, his wife already had when he met him.

“If we didn’t put it in our will, the law would not recognize it as our nephew.

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To celebrate their 25th anniversary, business owners are planning a special event on June 18 at their Watling Street office.

Their children, Gareth, 37, and leave, 35, have been with them in business from the beginning.

“They will help us for years,” Robert added. “And one day, they will surely take over.

“I’m sure they will have their own funny stories to tell”