Remaining Probate Registries Closed By March
All probate sub-registries face total closure by the end of the first quarter of the year. According to the Gazette, HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) aims to close the remaining 18 sub-registries by the end of March, subject to a consultation. In August, HMCTS confirmed the closure of Birmingham’s District Probate Registry will be […]
Could You Spot A Fake Or Modified Email?
Register for our upcoming webinar: OnDMARC: The questions law firms want answering Email redirection fraud was a lucrative tool in the criminal underworld accruing £123.7 million from UK account holders in 2018 alone, according to a UK Finance report. Of the 7,544 malicious redirection scams completed, over 9,000 payments were made with an average individual loss of […]
High Court Ruling Upholds Presumption Of Advancement
At the end of last year, a grieving mother lost her appeal to reclaim money from her deceased son’s estate after he used the loan to help purchase his first home. The contentious case is fairly historic, dating back to 2005 when the claimant’s son borrowed £170,000 to purchase a property worth £360,000. Unfortunately, the […]