Terms and Conditions

(updated on 9 February 2025)

These Conditions (defined below) will govern the use of this website and the Contract (defined below). We expect you to read through them carefully.

My Inheritance’s website (“the website”) and Services (defined below) are made available by My Inheritance LLP, Partnership No: SO308040 whose registered address is Murray Taylor, 85 High Street, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland, DD11 1AN, herein referred to as “us”, “we” or “our”.

My Inheritance provide Will Writing Services and Services associated with applying for Confirmation in Scotland as detailed on this website.

We are not a law firm, and we do not provide legal advice. We are not regulated by the Law Society of Scotland.

By continuing to access and use this website and our Services, you accept and agree to adhere to the Conditions. Should you disagree with any part of these Conditions, you will not be entitled to enter into a Contract.

You can contact us via our contact form

1. Definitions

In these Terms and Conditions the undernoted terms shall have the meanings allocated to them below:

"Commencement Date" means the date upon which funds received from the Customer for the Contract Price clears in our bank account;

"Confidential Information" means information of either party disclosed to the other party whether in writing, electronically or orally and in any form and designated as confidential or information of either party which ought reasonably to be regarded as confidential.

"Contract" means the written acceptance by email by us to carry out the Services following assessment of the Customer’s Requirements and payment by the Customer of the Contract Price, of which these Conditions are part.

“Contract Price” means the price of the Services requested by the Customer and as stated in our acceptance email.

"Conditions" means these Terms and Conditions;

"Customer" means a customer or any person on behalf of a customer who makes use of the Services;

"Customer’s Information" means any text, documents, or any other materials provided by the Customer to us for use in undertaking the Services;

"Customer’s Requirements" means the information and description supplied by the Customer to us with respect to their requirements to use the Services;

"Intellectual Property Rights" means the intellectual property and relative material including copyright, patents, trademarks, trade name, domain names whether registrable or not and whether registered or not.

"Period" means the period from the Commencement Date until delivery of the Services;

"Services" means the work undertaken by us for the Customer as described on this website and any and all other services provided by us to the Customer;

2. Website Content

2.1 We do not provide warranties or guarantees regarding the precision, timeliness, performance, completeness, or appropriateness of the information and materials found or offered on this website for any particular purpose. Please be aware that the content on this website may be updated or modified without prior notice. It is acknowledged that information and materials on this website might contain inaccuracies or errors, and we have no liability for any such inaccuracies or errors.

2.2 Any use of the information or materials on this website is done at your own discretion and risk, for which we will not be held liable. It is your responsibility to ensure that the Services, or information available through this website fulfil your specific needs.

3. External Content

This website may feature links to websites owned or managed by third parties, which are for information only. We do not take responsibility for the content on these external sites, nor do we endorse or approve their content. We do not accept any responsibility whatsoever for losses or damages you might incur as a result of visiting any third-party website, regardless of whether we have provided a link to it.

4. Services

We shall use all reasonable endeavours to supply the Services during the Period from the Commencement Date.

5. Price and payment

In consideration of the provision of the Services, the Customer shall pay the Contract Price in full upon receipt of an invoice issued by email from us. The Contract Price is inclusive of VAT. The Contract Price does not include any third party costs such as court fees which would be payable separately by the Customer.

6. Providing the Services

6.1 Upon receipt by us of (1) the Customer’s Requirements; (2) the Customer’s Information and (3) payment of the Contract Price by the Customer, we shall provide the Customer with the Services and deliver the relevant document/s (“Document”) to the Customer.

6.2 The Customer may download and use the Document in its received form; or partially or fully edit the Document.

6.3 The Customer is solely responsible for the appropriate use and editing of the Document. The Customer agrees that we are not giving them any legal, financial, tax or other advice; nor giving them any assurance or guarantee that the Document is suitable, sufficient or appropriate for the use to which they put the Document (whether unedited or edited by the Customer).

6.4 All Documents are drafted under Scottish Law. The Customer is free to take legal, financial, tax or other advice before using any Document.

6.5 If the Customer pays the Contract Price to us for a Service and we do not make the Document available to them, we will refund the Contract Price.

7. Liability

7.1 We shall have no liability for any direct, indirect, or consequential losses or damages that may result from the Customer’s use of or inability to use the website. The website is offered on an "as is" and "as available" basis without any warranty that it will be uninterrupted, error-free, or devoid of defects and faults.

7.2 By using this website, the Customer agrees to indemnify us and hold us harmless against any claims, actions, or demands brought by any third party as a result of or in connection with the Customer’s use of or access to the website.

7.3 We make no representation or warranty that advice given by us is accurate, conform to contract or free from defects, latent or patent; nor do we warrant that the use of any information provided in connection with the Services will provide the desired objective or not result in infringement of third party rights and we do not accept any responsibility whatsoever for infringement of such rights.

7.4 The Customer is responsible for the use to which they put the Document/s received from us. The Customer shall indemnify us and keep us indemnified against all claims, actions, losses, damages, costs and expenses which may be brought against or incurred or suffered by us in connection with the Services which arise as a result of or are due to (i) the use of any deliverables by the Customer or (ii) the negligence of the Customer, or which arise directly from materials or data supplied by the Customer.

8. How we use your personal information (data protection)

8.1 Confidentiality We agree not to disclose, divulge, reveal, report or use for any purpose, any Confidential Information except as authorised by the Customer, or as required by law.

8.2 Data protection & Privacy We will deal with any personal data in accordance with our privacy policy and all applicable data protection and privacy legislation in force from time to time in the UK including (i) the UK GDPR; (ii) the DPA 2018 (and regulations made thereunder); and (iii) all other legislation and regulatory requirements in force from time to time which apply to a party relating to the use of personal data. Details of our privacy policy can be found here.

9. Events outside of our control (Force Majeure)

No Party shall be liable for any delay in performance or failure to perform its obligations under the Contract if such delay or failure is due to an occurrence beyond its reasonable control. The Party affected by such occurrence shall promptly notify the other Party. If the circumstances causing the delay or failure to perform continue for longer than sixty (60) calendar days, the other Party shall be entitled to terminate the Contract by notice in writing with immediate effect.

10. Intellectual Property

10.1 For the avoidance of doubt, it is provided that all background information and Intellectual Property Rights existing before the date of the Contract shall remain the property of the party introducing such background information and Intellectual Property Rights.

10.2 All Intellectual Property Rights relating to any deliverables due as part of the Services supplied to the Customer, shall become and be viewed as the sole property of the Customer. All other Intellectual Property Rights shall be our sole property.

11. Cancellation/termination

11.1 The Customer may cancel the Contract at any time before we deliver the Document agreed as part of the Services. Our contact details are at Clause 12. We shall confirm acceptance of cancellation and the Contract price will be refunded to the Customer within 14 days of the Customer’s cancellation. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Document agreed as part of the Services has been delivered, the Contract cannot be cancelled.

11.2 We may cancel the Contract at any time before we deliver the Document agreed as part of the Services in the following circumstances:

(a) The Customer Information is not provided.

(b) An event outside of our control set out in Clause 9 continues for more than 30 days.

11.3 If we cancel your Contract under sub-Clause 11.2 and you have already paid the Contract Price, the payment will be refunded to the Customer within 14 days. If we cancel the Contract, the cancellation will be confirmed by us by email.

12. Complaints and feedback

12.1 If you need to contact us in relation to a Contract or for any other reason you can reach us as follows:

contact@my-inheritance.com

12.2 We always welcome feedback from our customers and, whilst we always use all reasonable endeavours to ensure that your experience as a customer of ours is a positive one, we nevertheless want to hear from you if you have any cause for complaint.

12.3 Complaints may be initiated by contacting contact@my-inheritance.com

13. General information

13.1 Unless specifically stated otherwise, these terms and conditions do not grant any rights to third parties.

13.2 Should any part of these terms and conditions be deemed invalid, this will not affect the validity of the remaining sections, which will continue to be fully enforceable. Any invalid provision will be interpreted, where possible, in a manner that maintains its intended effect while ensuring its validity.

13.3 Failure on our part to enforce any right or provision of these terms and conditions does not constitute a waiver of those rights.

13.4 We reserve the right to modify these terms and conditions at any time. Changes will take effect from the moment they are posted on the website. It is the Customer’s responsibility to review these terms and conditions regularly to stay informed of the current version.

13.5 The parties will use their best efforts to negotiate in good faith and settle any dispute that may arise out of or relate to these Conditions or any breach of them.

13.6 If any such dispute cannot be settled amicably through ordinary negotiations between the parties, or either or both is or are unwilling to engage in this process, either party may propose to the other in writing that structured negotiations be entered into with the assistance of a fully accredited mediator (as accredited by the Law Society of Scotland) before resorting to litigation.

13.7 Any dispute shall not affect the parties' ongoing obligations under the Contract.

13.8 This Contract and any dispute or claim relating to or connected with it (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Scotland.

13.9 The courts of Scotland are the only place where any disputes arising from it may be decided unless the Customer’s rights as a consumer allow them to choose a court in a different jurisdiction.