Legacies: working together to fulfil final wishes
Chris Millward, Chief Executive of the Institute of Legacy Management, highlights the need for positive working relationships between charity legacy teams and probate professionals.
Probate practicioner to face tribunal after transferring £40,000 of client money into own account
A probate practitioner is to face the Solicitor’s Disciplinary Tribunal on fifteen charges including breaking rules on client money, and transferring nearly £40,000 into his office account from clients despite a court stating he was only entitled to £7,922.46. Michael John Elsdon’s West Sussex based ABS firm, Sai-Donne Limited, was closed by the Solicitor’s Regulation […]
Man digs mothers grave in back garden to save £5,300 funeral costs
A Hampshire man has elected to bury his mother’s grave in his back garden after being quoted £5,300 for the funeral. John Wright, 71, described the fees quoted by a local firm for a church burial as “enormous”. His mother, Lady Margaret Johnson died at the beginning of June at the age of 101, two years […]