92% Report Issues Obtaining Financial Information As Executor Or Deputy

During our latest webinar we polled all attendees asking them if they ever encountered difficulties when obtaining financial information as an Executor, Deputy or Attorney. A staggering 92% of respondents confirmed they had at one time or another encountered issues obtaining financial information. With 50% reporting issues occasionally, and 25% reporting they regularly experienced difficulties. […]
Taking Instructions Remotely

Coronavirus: Important Bulletin At The Society of Will Writers, we are keeping a close eye on how the situation with Coronavirus (Covid-19) develops and we understand the concern that this may cause to you, as well as the impact it is having with how businesses negotiate the ways in which they operate. It is likely […]
Be Kind To Yourself On World Mental Health Week

Today, Monday 18th May marks the beginning of Mental Health Awareness Week 2020, which is themed around acts of kindness. Following a celebrity death earlier in the year, the over arching sentiment in 2020 of ‘Be Kind’, began to trickle down through all walks of life. Mark Rowland, Chief Executive of the Mental Health Foundation, […]
Utilising Technology To Unburden Staff

This is the fifth blog in this series of posts where we’re discussing how lawyers and law firms are struggling to cope with the lockdown and what we can suggest to help them. Many aren’t set up for homeworking, social distancing or self-isolation. And it’s all happened so quickly there has been very little time […]
Have Businesses Adapted Quickly Enough To New Normal?

Technology and internet enabled devices have helped the world remain connected whilst in lockdown. For many key workers providing Wills services, this has been a time of quick adaptation. Firms and businesses have needed to provide a digital service whether that is through completing the Wills process or advertising their services. High street providers, reliant […]