Day: 9 October 2020

Register now for The British Wills and Probate Awards celebration

The 2020 British Wills And Probate Awards Are Coming!

In less than two weeks’ time, the great and the good of the wills and probate sector will congregate virtually for the 2020 British Wills and Probate Awards. The overriding purpose of the awards is to recognize the achievements of individuals and companies within our industry, whilst celebrating those who pick up a trophy on […]

Pandemic impacts on Wills and Probate professionals’ mental health

Eleanor Evans, Partner at High James added: "Here at Hugh James, most of our teams have been working remotely since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Whilst we had the IT and processes to enable us to work from home, it was still unexpected and the huge changes to our working lives have had a real impact on our staff. Like many teams that are used to the camaraderie of office-based working, we have tried to keep in touch “face to face” as much as possible with meetings on Microsoft Teams. Communication has been key. Our Managing Partner has sent a weekly email with a round-up of firm news and helpful information for all staff and our HR team have sent out ‘Wellbeing Wednesday’ emails and hosted virtual coffee mornings. We also have a firmwide “social” channel in Teams which is used to share good news stories, ranging from good outcomes we have achieved for our clients, to personal news about babies and engagements. These measures have helped to maintain morale whilst we wait for it to be possible to return to the office, whether on a full or part-time basis."

Today’s Wills and Probate wanted to mark and recognise World Mental Health tomorrow (10th October) to raise awareness of the importance of good mental health and well-being in the private client sector and legal industry as a whole. Mental health has been endemic in the legal profession for some time, and the well-being of practitioners […]

SRA disclose a flurry of email scam alerts in days

SRA disclose a flurry of email scam alerts in days

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) have issued eight separate email scam alerts impersonating law firms in a matter of days. All eight scams were reported on 5th, 6th and 7th October where emails had been falsely claiming to be from a law firm or an individual working for the business – with four of them […]

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