UAE Will advice for Expats in Al Ain

If you are an expatriate based in the UAE with assets or family here then you need to consider writing a Last Will and Testament urgently.
The UAE Government have advised all expatriates to write a will as their assets will be dealt with under sharia law if no last will and testament is present at the time of death.
If you die without a will, or intestate, the local courts will deal with your estate and distribute it in fixed shares, prescribed according to the heirship rules of Sharia.
While this may work for some, Sharia fixed share distribution may not be right for many. Upon a person's death, all personal assets, including bank accounts, are frozen, until any liabilities had been discharged.
As an example, a wife who has children will qualify for only one eighth of the estate and, without a will or estate planning in place, this distribution will be applied automatically, in fact even shared assets such as joint bank accounts will be frozen until the issue of inheritance is determined by the local courts.
We are hosting a presentation on the 15th December at 7pm in Al Ain, we are not lawyers so a legal expert in the field will be present to answer all your questions.
So why should we be interested if we are not charging the clients for this service? Because we feel it is of vital importance for all of us to arrange this first step of our financial planning.
If you are interested in attending kindly send me a message and I will add you to the list. The venue will be the Danat resort in Al Ain, the room is not confirmed as yet as we are not sure how much interest is out there.
Best Regards
William R Messruther
Group Manager
Continental Insurance Brokers