Don’t Miss Out! Free Will Registration Month ends on Friday
Certainty the National Will Register’s first ever Free Will Registration Month is set to finish this week (Friday 31st May 2019). The campaign has been successful with over 150,000 Wills being registered and committed to be registered by legal professionals who write Wills and members of the public. This adds to the 8 million Will […]
How To Best Advise Your Clients When Challenges In Estate Administration Arise
If you assist your clients with probate and estate administration, you’re probably familiar with the complications that can arise during the process. For example, reconstructing a family tree on intestacy, searching for a missing beneficiary or dealing with overseas assets. These complications can sometimes lead to you approaching a third-party to help. However, it may […]
Dishonest Probate Solicitor Stole Over £240,000 From Vulnerable Clients
A sophisticated solicitor who spent the final five years of a twenty-five-year legal career acting dishonestly by unlawfully amending client Wills and stealing over £200,000, has been jailed for four years and two months. Mold Crown Court was informed that between 2010 and 2016 defendant, Peter Charles Davies, acted dishonestly, stealing £241,000 from unsuspecting clients […]
Care Worker Inherits Country Estate Following DNA Test
A care worker has discovered he is the sole benefactor of a country manor house following a DNA test. Many of us fantasise about winning the lottery or inheriting a fortune from an unknown relative that would allow us to live a life of luxury but is very rarely materialises. Jordan Adlard Rodgers spent his […]