Staying In Business During The Coronavirus Pandemic
Blog 1: How can we – as lawyers – stay in business during the coronavirus pandemic, and beyond? Blog 1 I’m sure a lot of lawyers and law firms are struggling to cope with the lockdown. Many aren’t set up for homeworking, social distancing or self-isolation. And it’s all happened so quickly there has been […]
Cyber Criminals Targeting Remote Workers
The solicitors Regulation Authority and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) are urging law firms and their employees to remain vigilant during lockdown as cyber criminals increasingly target remote workers. Given the lower levels of security in people’s homes and the increasing numbers of legal practitioners working in these perceived relaxed conditions, the SRA are […]
Modernising Wills Law To Reflect Challenging Landscape
The Law Society and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) have been working hard in recent weeks to consider short and long term ways of amending the 1837 Wills Act to reflect the constraints we now face because of the coronavirus outbreak. The outbreak of Covid-19 has not suddenly sparked the legal sector to consider the […]
Legacy Income To Fall By A Quarter In 2020
New forecasts have indicated that legacy incomes are set to decline more significantly this year than originally predicted. In 2020, charities should prepare for legacy income to fall by between 8 per cent and 27 per cent with the average value of residual bequests also declining by 4 per cent this year. The report has […]