“I Promise To Always Do My Best…”
We all have a Duty of Care to our clients… When we take on the role of advising clients we strive to ensure that we do the very best for our clients and the advice we provide is exemplary, but are we really doing enough to protect our clients and ourselves when drafting Wills? Under […]
The Willwriting Academy Annual Conference Just A Week Away
We are now less than a week away from the Willwriting Academy Ltd Annual Conference and Institute of Professional Willwriters (IPW) and Institute of Scottish Professional Willwriters (ISPW) Annual General Meeting. Do not miss the opportunity to spend some quality time with the leaders and experts in the Wills and Estate Planning sector. In addition […]
Protect Your Firm And Clients From Cyber Criminals
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What Is Bona Vacantia? And How A Genealogist Can Help
Bona Vacantia is a foreign term to most which translates to “ownerless goods” in Latin. It is the name given to ownerless property which by law passes to the Crown. In England and Wales, if a person dies intestate (without a Will) and they appear to have no known next of kin, their estate would […]
Cashless Society Could Leave Vulnerable Ostracised On Society’s Fringe
The use of cash in the UK has shrank by a third within a year. As the UK becomes increasingly cashless, it is feared that vulnerable people could be marginalised further and even forgotten unless the use of cash is protected. In 2017, 61% of all payments were made using cash in the UK. However, […]
Will Writers Urged To Advise Clients About Historic Policies
Over half of the population could be naively handing their inheritance to the wrong person. 54% of the population are unaware that their pension policy will be passed down to the person named on the policy, even if an updated will says otherwise. The study of more than 2,000 UK adults, completed by the Pheonix […]