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Always a way

Always a solution

You may need to kick a little

You may need to give a little

But there's always a way

Always a solution

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"An Englishman's home is his castle"

"Edward Coke  1604"

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ABOUT US

Tipi Wills & Mediation was developed as a unique combination service, created and formulated by Patricia.  It has now developed into Tipi Wills & Planning with a separately formed organisation named Isle of Wight Mediation but the aims and services have not changed. 

She says "My beginnings are unashamedly humble.  Each working area of my life was supported by studies.  Work life progressed at a pace so, for me, it meant jumping onto the next course to keep up.  Through the 90's most courses were not keeping up with the pace of change.  But, no point standing still. 

My breadth of experience and training includes, though is not limited by, being a Medical Secretary, PR Assistant, Marketing Assistant, Medico-legal Secretary, Legal Assistant, writing and developing workflow software for legal systems, writing and giving legal software training programs to individuals and teams, installing and developing computer networks and legal IT systems, creating an IT Team, writing and designing marketing literature, setting up and running one on one software training business. 

My background is predominantly working for solicitors in London for 14 years with a varied role starting at Legal Secretary, to Legal Assistant moving to Office & IT Manager working with partners and Senior Partner.

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Patricia Horwood  MSoM  MSWW

I have surprised myself.  How can you get passionate about Estate Planning?!  Turns out that was easy.  Not only did I have a personal experience of the devastation that can occur within a family when you do not, I became more aware of the breadth and depth of the problems and frankly, traumas, that people can experience.  Families are always imperfect structures and when you bring in the challenges that we all have to face at various times, things can get pretty tough.   So, it became my mission to see what could be done to address this on a human level.  Whilst I do not claim to have all the answers, I do keep on banging my drum.  As a result, I have written these five core planning services.  Then I discovered more about the consequences of another very large problem when there is lack of preparation in healthcare, and so I developed the Advance Care Plan solution to fall under the Life Care Planning.  I will continue considering ways in which people can avoid or resolve the issues that can negatively take over their lives within these contexts.  I am working on something at the moment.  Preparing for your future, for your families and being brave enough to consider the possibility of what could happen, is hard, it can be very hard in fact.  What is harder, is what can happen if you do not. 

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So, my passion will continue.  I will keep on working with this subject, which I have grown to love.  A legal professional can sit back and treat their work like a production of documents, following a set of rules, that produces a fee, semi detatatched from the client, or, they can take on board the whole host of life situations that can be addressed and care about providing the solutions.  If you cannot find the solutions, as I found, I made them.  So these five planning services, that still grow, along with the conflict resolution solutions I work on, are my way of providing services for peoples' real lives in a way that is relatable and address the things that matter.  I also know what it's like to use various professionals that let you down.  So, make your life better and use those professionals that care passionately about what they do, and you, and maybe you will be more likely to find someone you discover you can trust.

The Team

 

Tipi Wills & Planning works with a network of experts to provide you with a full and professional service:

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Independent Expert Tax Advice

Expert Financial Advice

Investment Planning

Insurance Planning

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National Wills Register

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Society of Wills Writers and Estate Planners  (Full membership also provides expert legal support and gives the client the security of recourse if needed).

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Society of Mediators  (Full membership provides expert support and gives the client the security of recourse if needed).

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Other experienced accredited mediators for co-mediation.

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Fully accredited and fully insured

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Tipi Wills & Mediation

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is changing to Tipi Wills & Planning as we are pleased to announce the seperate formation of Isle of Wight Mediation.  The sister companies will continue to work together.

 

The modern Will has evolved and is a fluid planning document that you should have alongside you for the whole of your life.  It is flexible and must keep up with your life changes and circumstances in order to protect you.  It is a powerful tool to have the law support you exactly as you desired. 

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Preparing for the Future is essential and the power to do that is given to us all through legal mechanisms through documents.  For just the cost of a Will, or Lasting Power of Attorney or Advance Directive there is an immense body of law provided to us.

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Planning is key.  We have developed five unique in-depth planning services reflecting today's needs and concerns as follows:

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1  Wholelife Planning that surrounds your Will

2  Multigenerational Living Planning

3  Life Care Planning (with Advance Care Plan)

4  Serious or Terminal Illness Planning

5  Right to Stay and Die at Home Planning (with Document of Decisions)

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Your pets are also family.  Use your Will and Letter of Wishes to protect what happens to them if something happens to you.

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Further services include :

Unhappy Beneficiary Consult

Life Support Service

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and Mediation to facilitate all of your planning and goals

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Use the Advance Care Plan folder to centralise and store all your important healthcare, contacts, attorney information and documents.  Keep it with you so that healthcare providers, family and carers have access to the plans and instructions you have given. 

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Are you starting out on your planning or investment journey?  Do you have high value property and assets to manage? 

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These planning services will combine with experts for financial planning, investing, insurance, trust law and tax planning.  We provide a complete life, healthcare and estate planning service through our network of experts that work together on your behalf.  You are never too young to start.  Don't wait until its too late.  Contact me today to start your planning journey.

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Qualifications and Experience:

Medical Secretary Diploma

Institute Legal Executives Part 1

Chartered Institute Marketing Year 1

BSc Information Systems and Management Yrs 1 and 2

Office & IT Manager for Solicitors London

Legal Document Workflow Software Designer & Programmer

Writer and giver of legal IT training programmes

Formerly on board of local charity & fundraiser

Formerly co-founder and editor of local magazine

Author and Writer

Skills to Foster Training Certificate 

Society of Will Writers & Estate Planners - Wills and Estate Planning Certificate  Full Version

Society of Mediators - Accredited Mediator for Civil & Commercial

West Sussex Mediation - Accredited Community Mediator

University of Life - Full Honours Degree

A volunteer Mediator for The West Sussex Mediation Service

Founder of Tipi Wills & Planning

Founder of Isle of Wight Mediation

All planning can include a tax and financial advice service if required.  We can provide IHT Tax advice.  Any other financial advice must be given by an approved financial advisor or an Accountant.  We work with them to consider the effects on planning of Capital Gains Tax for example as circumstances change.  It can be through your own accountants and financial advisors working with us on your plans. 

 

Additionally, Tipi Wills & Mediation works with our Society and solicitors and can also work with a solicitor of your choice.  Further benefits from these connections provide you with services such as :  a)  an option to name a professional as an executor  b) co-attorney,  c)  provide lifetime trust work  d)  look after your probate  e) referral for contentious wills or probate matters.  You gain the benefit of the most cost effective way of obtaining these set of services.  Please enquire for more information.

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We are a professional planning service, objectively looking at your personal circumstances to offer unbiased solutions according to your instructions.  You choose the solutions from the advice offered.    We do not push a product, we offer planning and potential solutions.  That unbiased professionalism is key to our service.

"Almost everything that has inspired Tipi Wills & Mediation has derived from my own life experiences.  Things that could have been better and done differently are a driver.  How was I going to tackle providing a space for the real & human side of life experiences surrounding such a tricky subject mixed with practical and professional solutions?  There are a great deal of people providing a great deal of excellent services but for a wide range of clients, they are disconnected alongside barriers that are difficult to surmount.  A client is often left struggling to pull it all together to figure out how to achieve what they need or want and how to afford it.  It should not be so difficult or expensive.  This is my way of offering this unique blend of services because quite simply, I now can.  I hope I never stop learning from it."  Patricia

Patricia Horwood MSom MSWW  of Tipi Wills & Mediation is compliant with the SWEPP Code of Practice  & Terms of Business

Patricia Horwood MSoM MSWW of Tipi Wills & Mediation is fully insured with professional indemnity insurance

Patricia Horwood of Tipi Wills & Mediation is a member of the Society of Will Writers & Estate Planning Practioners and is a member of the Society of Mediators and holds current Membership Certificates

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