Relief From The Forfeiture Rule: Sally Challen And The Importance Of Her Case
On 27 May 2020, his Honour Judge Matthews in the Chancery Division of the High Court ruled that Sally Challen, who had killed her husband after years of abuse, was entitled to his estate (Challen v Challen & Anor [2020] EWHC 330 (Ch)). This judgment resulted in a media-driven frenzy with many outlets exclaiming that […]
Focusing On Vulnerable Clients
A recent report by Key Partnership revealed that over a third of mortgage intermediaries had either reviewed or increased the checks they made on older customers to ensure that they were not vulnerable. It was also found that one in five wealth managers were treating all customers as vulnerable during the coronavirus crisis. The research […]
Why Do Probate Disputes Appear To Be On The Rise?
In recent weeks there have been a number of high profile news items detailing how families have contested Wills and the probate process. Recent stories include the family of the Watership Down Author successfully disputing issues with a film director, a daughter contesting her mother’s Will so the estate didn’t go primarily to her brother, […]
Unique beneficiary product to access inheritance sooner
Tower Street Finance has introduced a unique product which the probate sector, executors and beneficiaries have been crying out for. Inheritance Advance enables beneficiaries to access a proportion of their money sooner, without having to wait for the probate process to complete, or worry about their credit history. Others claim to be the first to […]
Remote Working Will Continue Long After Lockdown
It may not be a huge surprise that remote working could be here to stay for the foreseeable future, as the legal sector has quickly adapted to the lockdown restrictions imposed to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. In DPS’s report ‘How COVID-19 has affected the UK Legal Industry‘, it reveals that UK law firms […]