A government challenge to a decision ruling over 200 judge’s pension arrangements as discriminatory has been dismissed.Read More
Chancellor Philip Hammond has written to the Office of Tax Simplification requesting a review of inheritance tax (IHT).Read More
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is today urging the public to be vigilant to the threat of online investment fraud.Read More
A solicitor from the Court of Protection has been banned from the profession after misappropriating around £170,00 from the accounts of vulnerable clients.Read More
Solicitors for the Elderly have appointed their first ever Chief Legal Officer and four new board directors. SFE is an independent, national organisation of over 1,500 professionals, including solicitors, barristers, and chartered legal executives, committed to providing the highest quality legal advice on specialist areas, such as wills, powers of attorney and elder abuse. The […]Read More
The Institute of Professional Willwriters (IPW) and the Institute of Scottish Professional Willwriters (ISPW) have today announced the agenda and key speakers for their 27th AGM and Willwriting Academy Ltd Conference to be held on 21st and 22nd of March 2018 Set to be held at Drayton Manor Hotel & Conference Centre, this key event […]Read More
The next series of webinars, presented by our team of experts, will focus on the topic of Capital Gain Tax (CGT). Our first webinar in the series will provide an initial guide on CGT, discussing what the allowance is, the reliefs available to your clients and when they are applicable. What is CGT? Capital Gains […]Read More
Solve Legal Marketing, the publishers of Today’s Conveyancer and Today’s Wills and Probate, are celebrating their first year as a digital marketing agency.Read More
Handling the estate of a loved one who has passed away is often a sensitive issue at a difficult time.Read More
Recent research has revealed that a conveyancer’s reputation will come before cost when it comes to choosing a provider.Read More
To support you in demonstrating your competence and ensuring you have the knowledge and skills to develop your career and drive firm forward, Central Law Training organises over 650 courses each year developed with the four SRA Competences in mind.Read More
Even with consolidation, the wills and probate sector is a crowded marketplace, with many ambitious businesses competing for the same business.Read More
£6.5 billion was withdrawn by savers using the pension freedoms last year.Read More
The Government has confirmed that an additional £42 million of funding will be provided for elderly and disabled residents to make adaptations to their homes.Read More
Countrywide Tax & Trust Corporation appears alongside Prime Minister Theresa May in The Parliamentary Review – a series of documents published by Westminster Publications Ltd with the aim of sharing knowledge and raising standards.Read More
Employees should have the option to reduce their pension contributions rates to 8% under the scheduled auto-enrolment scheme.Read More
One of the UK’s leading will writing firms ELM Legal Services is recruiting additional consultants.Read More
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) has set out its ambition to be the regulator of choice for all property lawyers, meaning those it regulates take an ever-larger share of the conveyancing market.Read More
A 62-year-old man still living in his parent’s home has demanded a larger share of his mother’s estate than his two siblings who “pursued careers”.Read More
Recent data has indicated that the cost of pensions tax relief for employers is £950 million higher than originally estimated.Read More
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