Remote Client Onboarding: Top Tips for Law Firms – Watch Online Now

Remote Client Onboarding: Top Tips for Law Firms - Watch Online Now

The first UKLTA online forum took place last week, where our expert panel shared their top tips for Remote Client Onboarding, as well as more general advice on bringing new technology into your firm. Our next panel “Client Communication & Confidentiality” takes place this Thursday at 5pm and you can book your place here. For […]

Certainty Will Search Helps To Locate Wills Throughout lockdown

Certainty Will Search Helps To Locate Wills Throughout lockdown

It is not uncommon for firms to close down and for others to inherit their Will Bank. Although their clients’ Wills have been safely moved and stored, often the Testators who wrote the Will are unaware that their Will has been moved which can lead to complications in locating the Will after they have passed […]

Most Over 55s Believe Equity Release ‘Myths’

Most Over 55s Believe Equity Release ‘Myths’

SunLife’s equity release director Simon Stanney busts the seven biggest myths surrounding equity release. Equity release lets you get cash from the value that’s tied up in your home, and as a result, is becoming increasingly popular amongst homeowners over 55 looking to boost their retirement income, maybe pay for home improvements, or help support […]

Covid-19 Means The Time Is Right To Overhaul Victorian Wills Legislation

Roser Coll Partner at Temis&Co

The pioneer of an online “webcam wills” service says the Covid-19 pandemic should prompt an overhaul of the Victorian legislation which currently governs the making of a valid will in England and Wales. Since the onset of the coronavirus crisis there has been a spike in people looking to put their affairs in order but […]

Firm Urges HMRC For Clarification On Emergency Personnel Exemption

Firm Urges HMRC For Clarification On Emergency Personnel Exemption

A leading South East law film is urging HMRC to provide clarification on whether the estates of the NHS workers and other emergency personnel who have lost their lives due to the Corona virus will benefit from IHT exemption. There are many cases where NHS staff and other key workers on the front line, who […]