What Does The Future Hold For Will Writing And The Private Client Sector?
Despite the relaxing of some lockdown measures, new technology will continue to be essential for firms to provide vital services to clients. The working practices we have all adapted to accommodate the challenges posed by Covid-19 will still remain very present, with many clients still preferring remote instruction taking over face-to-face. The innovative adaptations within […]
No Two The Same: How Specialist Services Can Help You Clear Estate Administration Hurdles
Written by Louise Levene, International Asset Services Manager at Finders International With a rise in multi-family households, more complex family structures and an increase in assets held overseas as people increasingly live, work and invest outside of our borders, new complexities for private client practitioners have developed. However, we haven’t got much better at making […]
Leading Will Writing Software Provider Appoints High Profile Name In Growth Drive
WillSuite has never been afraid to shake things up, and in our appointment of Tom Stansfield, we’re implementing our next phase of plans to help our clients. Over the last 5 years, WillSuite has developed a brand recognised amongst progressive and forward-thinking solicitors and Will Writing professionals as being able to deliver modern software that […]
Time For The Digital Quill
July 2017 marked the start of a period of public consultation on Will reform by the Law Commission the period of which closed in November 2017. At the end of this there was to be analysis and policy formulation in which a final report was to be prepared and parliamentary counsel instructed to prepare a […]
Get Involved With The TWP Community And Feel Good
Here at Today’s Wills and Probate we’d like to get our readers more involved in our stories and discussions. Having thriving discussions, sharing best practice and good news stories from across the sector helps our community to thrive and grow. It also helps you to feel good and positive about the sector, which at times […]
Pensions Regulator Remains Focused On Protecting Savers
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has stated that it remains focused on protecting savers, despite the pandemic. In its corporate plan released earlier this week, TPR set out its direction over the next year despite the ‘radical rethink’ in response to the pandemic. There had been a Corporate Plan prior to Covid-19 which was set to […]
Stewardship Vital To In-Memory Supporters
Legacy Foresight, who analysis the charitable legacy market, along with a consortium of 55 leading national charities and hospices, has set out to gain a full understanding of what constitutes effective in- memory stewardship from the both charities’ and the donors’ perspective. The research used a combination of best practice charity case studies, charity surveys […]
Social Distancing Measures And The Signing of Wills – What Are The Issues & What Claims And Disputes Are Likely To Arise?
Article by Tony Pearce, Solicitor, member of The Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists and Editor of the Certainty Contentious Probate Hub & Area Indications are that many people concerned at the Coronavirus outbreak have made a new Will or codicil as they are worried about what might happen to their property and assets. […]
Who Should Benefit When You Die
English law does not enable a family member to automatically receive a share of a person’s estate on their death. This is often referred to as “testamentary freedom” and was described in the 1860’s thus: “The English law leaves everything to the unfettered discretion of the testator …”. (Banks v Goodfellow (1869–70)). Some 45 years […]
Return, Restart and Recovery From Covid-19
The Law Society of England and Wales has launched it’s three ‘Rs’ – Return, Restart and Recovery – campaign which it hopes will promote the role of those in the legal profession in the national move to get the UK moving again following the coronavirus pandemic. The campaign will be in three stages: Helping solicitors […]
Oral Agreement Upheld To Share House Ownership
The England and Wales High Court has upheld an oral agreement between siblings John and Brenda Archibald and Patsy Alexander to share a house despite alleged lack of detriment (Archibald v Alexander, 2020 EWHC 1621 Ch). In 1997, the family home was purchased by the three siblings mother, however Patsy Alexander’s name was also added to the […]
