Covid-19 Put The Kibosh On CMA’s Funeral Market Investigation
The Covid-19 pandemic has seriously impacted on the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) in depth investigation into the funerals sector, a move which was welcomed by the industry as a whole. The investigation originally sought to examine how customers are treated in a time when they will be vulnerable in a monopolised industry, with concern […]
Certainty Will Search Wins Probate Work
Lawson West Solicitors are a firm who have been providing legal advice to the people of Leicestershire and beyond for over 40 years, they have been members of Certainty the National Will Register since 2016. Victoria Jones, Director of the Probate and Wills department at the firm explains how a Certainty Will Search notification led […]
The Challenges Of Assessing Testamentary Capacity In the Covid-19 Era
This article has been written by James Cook, Partner, & Louise Jones, Associate, at Collyer Bristow During lockdown, the commentary around Wills was largely focused on the difficulties faced by those shielding at home and the proper execution of Wills. Spearheaded by the Law Society of England and Wales, and other industry bodies such as […]
New Wills Legislation Is Momentous – But It Should Be Welcomed With Caution
This has been co-authored by Partner Caroline Miller and Solicitor Katie Turney from the Private Client team at Wedlake Bell LLP. The Government’s announcement that it will be introducing temporary legislation to allow wills and codicils to be witnessed remotely via video-conferencing technology has divided opinion amongst Private Client practitioners. Draft legislation has not yet […]
Enablers Of Ineffective Tax Avoidance To Be More Easily Prosecuted
Group focusing on anti-corruption is seeking to make small legislative changes so that lawyers who use ineffective tax avoidance schemes, that break the law, may be prosecuted. A policy paper published by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax has proposed a streamlined dishonesty test for criminal prosecutions of tax avoidance and […]
