The Law Society for England and Wales have sent out a rallying cry to the legal community, encouraging them to act now on their professional indemnity insurance (PII) renewal. Most firms still renew their PII on the old common renewal date of 1 October. This has always created a bottleneck, with underwriters and brokers rushing […]Read More
Today’s Training is hosting a live webinar on 30 September at 10am with Lynne Bradey, Partner at Wrigley’s Solicitors, discussing what private client practitioners need to know about Personal Injury Trusts. There will be different reasons for clients needing a Personal Injury Trust, and different types of trust will be appropriate for clients with different […]Read More
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) have closed the doors on a large national firm for alleged wrongdoings. On 12th August, the SRA intervened into Kingly Solicitors Limited, trading as Giffen Couch & Archer due to suspected misconduct and misdemeanour by the owner. Kingly Solicitors also trade under Richard Herne Co, Hancock Quins, Austin Ray, Ray […]Read More
The role of a Court of Protection firm is to support vulnerable people; particularly those with a mental incapacity, their families and their advisers. Working within the framework of the Mental Capacity Act, lawyers in this field work hard to ensure that clients who lack capacity are empowered to make as many decisions for themselves […]Read More
Last week, we reported a problem with banks releasing – in some cases – vast amounts of money from a deceased’s estate, without conducting the proper checks. Karl Taylor, a Probate Executive at Parker Rhodes Hickmotts Solicitors, shared his experiences of this with Today’s Wills and Probate, outlining some of the issues he has encountered […]Read More
Time for change Recently, we have all made many changes to the way we work. At Countrywide Tax & Trust Corporation Ltd we used this as an opportunity to step back and take a fresh look at everything we do. One of those changes is to create an even more extensive range of topics for […]Read More
Kings Court Trust’s latest blog post comments on the upcoming temporary amendment to the Wills Act 1837 which will allow Will witnesses to be present either physically or virtually. Historically, Wills required two witnesses to be physically present when someone was creating a Will in order to witness their signature. Understandably, this was put to […]Read More
In a series of Supporters in Focus pieces, we are thrilled to introduce our supporters of The British Wills & Probate Awards 2020. This year the awards will recognise a sector which has tackled the challenges presented by Covid-19 head on. Alongside headline sponsor Arken.Legal, we look forward to recognising achievement, highlighting progression and championing […]Read More
With the next Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII) renewal date looming on the 1 October, here at Today’s Wills and Probate, we wanted to look at the current market conditions and renewal issues, so solicitors are fully informed and prepared. With a global pandemic, which resulted in the UK being put into lockdown, speculation of a […]Read More
The last 4 months have seen wholesale changes across all sectors of the UK economy and whilst we continue to see the cautious easing of lockdown we are forever changed. We are noticing that business is different and what people need is different. Lockdown vs easing … our experience Working in both the legal and […]Read More
The Pensions Schemes Bill will progress through the House of Commons next month, despite the coronavirus pandemic seemingly taking over politics in the UK. What is the Pension Schemes Bill? The Pension Schemes Bill will enable the introduction of two reforms which have been collectively defined as contribution pensions and pensions dashboards. Additionally, there will […]Read More
The Council for Licensed Coveyancers (CLC), want your views as they plan for their 2021 annual conference. The CLC have released a survey they’re asking people to complete, in order to gauge what type of event would be acceptable. The survey opening statement reads: “Over the last few years, the CLC Annual Conference has become […]Read More
Join Kings Court Trust on Wednesday 2 September at 1pm for an informative webinar about Trusts in Wills. Kings Court Trust’s experienced Technical Manager, Nigel Merchant, will provide a wealth of information about the different types of Trusts in Wills and the work involved when a Trust is activated on death. More specifically, Nigel will go […]Read More
Susan Johnson forged her late mother’s signature on documents relating to her will, disinheriting her two siblings of their equal share in the estate. Nottinghamshire Police conducted an investigation after suspicions were raised by Ms Johnson’s two siblings. During the investigation, it was revealed that following her mother’s death in 2016, Ms Johnson supplied a […]Read More
Management consultancy Journey4, has released guidance on how businesses can implement ‘Smarter Working’, following lessons learned by businesses in the wake of coronavirus. Director, Stuart Pearce, outlines some key research findings and what this could mean for Private Client practitioners. There is no doubt that the pandemic and lockdown restrictions caused companies and staff to […]Read More
Times of crisis often herald a departure from established practices and tend to accelerate changes that were already on the horizon. The formalities surrounding Will signing are an example of the usual glacial pace of change that have been eschewed in favour of quicker fixes, needed to address the difficulties brought about by the global […]Read More
You’re invited to join Title Research’s next informative webinar taking place on Wednesday 2nd September at 12:00. The free 45-minute session will look at the often-overlooked area of managing assets in estate administration. Title Research’s Head of Business, Anthony Allsopp, will take this time to provide an in-depth overview of how you can most efficiently […]Read More
STEP has announced the shortlist for the 2020/21 Private Client Awards, with 77 firms and 14 individuals from across the private client industry selected by an expert panel of judges. Despite the challenges faced internationally as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year saw a record number of entries for the Awards, with 319 […]Read More
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) believes that all probate applications made by practitioners should be carried out online to streamline the process. With the increased use of solicitors opting to use the online route due to the coronavirus pandemic, it is clear the archaic process needed reforming and modernising. On the 10 August the MoJ […]Read More
According to an article in YourMoney.com, contested wills was at an all-time high in 2019 and this is expected to rise in 2020 as a result of coronavirus. The Ministry of Justice said that 188 cases had been brought to them in 2019. This is a significant increase from the 128 cases in 2018, 145 […]Read More
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