Law Firm Joins Will Writing Charity Campaign For Another Year
A law firm from Marlow has signed up to write wills for charity – for the eighth year in a row. Gabbitas Robins Solicitors has joined the annual Will Aid will writing campaign which sees solicitors across the UK volunteer some of their time and expertise in November to write basic wills for local people, […]
Dishonest Solicitor Struck Off For Overbilling Clients
Joanne Power, a sole practitioner at Essex firm Diamonds Legal, has been struck off and instructed to pay costs of £46,645 for overbilling clients on a number of estates. At a two day hearing in September, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) found a number of inappropriate and dishonest incidents with clients. This included work that […]
There Are Currently 8,900 Unclaimed Estates In The UK
Recent research from BLM found that the Yorkshire area could have a huge £151 million worth of unclaimed estates. The firm used the average Yorkshire Household income and the most recent Government Unclaimed Estates List to determine how much money the area is losing because of a failure to make an adequate Will. As of […]