HMCTS Release FAQs For Probate Professionals
Today saw the release of a useful FAQ document by HMCTS in relation to Probate for professionals. The document, described as a working document that will have more responses added as new questions come in. Subscribers to TWP who are members of SFE, STEP, ICAEW or Law Society can share questions with those organisations who […]
Free Will Registration Month Concludes On Thursday 18th June
Law firms have until Thursday 18th June to register their Will Bank on The National Will Register free of charge. For over a decade, Certainty the National Will Register has built a significant National Will Register and Will Search service that protects law firms, testators, executors and beneficiaries each and every day. Thousands of solicitors […]
Professor Stephen Mayson Releases Reform Review
Today, Thursday 11th June 2020, Professor Stephen Mayson, Honorary Professor of Law at the University College of London (UCL) has released an independent review entitled ‘Reforming Legal Services: Regulation beyond the echo chambers‘. You can get access to the report here. Introducing the report on his website, Professor Mayson wrote: “In 2016, the Competition & […]
Dispensing Powers: Do We Need A ‘Making a Will’ Emoji?
There appears to be no imminent likelihood that Parliament will move forward with the proposals in the Law Commission’s 2017 Report on Will-making but, as inheritance dispute solicitor Stephanie Kerr of Brabners LLP explores, there is much dialogue amongst private client practitioners as to whether the existing legislation needs to be amended or relaxed to […]
Court of Appeal Finds Summary Dismissal Rejected Too Abruptly
A claim brought against a trust corporation by a beneficiary has been given a second chance in his claim that the trustee had acted dishonestly. Beneficiary Robert Sofer, is attempting to recover sums amounting to $19.2m from trust corporation Swissindependent, that were allegedly paid out to the settlor, Sofer’s father Hyman, during his father’s lifetime. […]
SRA To Expand Its AML Visits To Continue Competence
In its business plan draft for 2020/2021, the SRA has revealed that in an effort to continue competence, it will be increasing its monitoring of firms’ anti-money laundering (AML) policies. Following a review of its annual business plan, which followed on from the recent publication of its corporate strategy for 2020-2023, the regulator has unveiled […]
The Challenges Of Dying Tidily
Please note: this was first published in the Law Gazette run by The Law Society The coronavirus pandemic has brought many challenges to the country. As a profession, solicitors adjusted to home-working and a life of video conferencing with clients and online court procedures. As the country moved into lockdown, it seemed that very few […]