Probate Solicitor Struck Off For Systematically Overcharging Clients
Experienced solicitor, Keith Smart, boasting over 40 years’ experience, has been struck off by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) for excessively overcharging probate clients £168,771 Between 2016 and May 2018. The 19-month spree of dishonesty is said to have occurred after an experienced credit controller left Kevin Smart’s law […]
Northumberland Church Becomes Setting Of Difficult Land Dispute
The threat of a light summer breeze brushes through the lush vegetation and gently sways through the enveloping trees protecting the stark grey stoned Victorian church. Once upon a time, this Northumberland church setting with picturesque, antiquated gravestones would have been the dream resting location for any Christian after death. However, this once popular community […]
Warring Step-Siblings Ask Judge To Decide Who Died First
Two step-sisters are asking a High Court Judge to decide which of their parents died first in order to ascertain who pockets the £300,000 inheritance. John Scarle aged 79 and his wife Ann aged 69 died of hypothermia at their home in Essex in October 2016. This has resulted in Anna Winter (Mr Scarle) and […]
Case Study: Certainty the National Will Register
Searching to prove the last Will is a matter of protection Neil Bates, Solicitor at Caris Robson LLP in Prudhoe, Northumberland, commented: “We were in possession of a Will written in 2014. There was a suggestion that there may be a later Will that the testator had made and we wanted to ensure as far […]