Just Who Are Honey Legal?
Since starting out in 2010 Honey Legal has grown to become one of the largest providers of estate planning and probate services you’ve probably never heard of. Slowly but surely the firm has grown from its roots in North Shropshire and now, 10 years on, has 100 staff across 3 offices and over 250 consultants […]
Building a good customer experience does not happen by accident. It happens by design.
Our clients are at the heart of everything we do and our vast experience in the Will writing and legal services arena means we have gained a thorough understanding of what our clients/customers really want from us, which means we are always striving to improve how we deliver our services to them and ensure that […]
Superhero Webinar 72: The RIGHT Trust for the RIGHT situation (Part 2 of 2)
Superhero Webinar 72 is part 2 of using the RIGHT Trust to protect your client’s wealth. We can help you put your estate planning advice in the right gear! Agenda • Taxation and Trusts • When might an entry, periodic or exit charge apply? How can these be reduced or even mitigated? • When might […]
Webinar: Preview of the 9th Edition of the Probate Practitioners’ Handbook
Estatesearch are delighted to be presenting a webinar with Professor Lesley King of the University of Law to discuss the forthcoming 9th Edition of the Probate Practitioners’ Handbook. The webinar will cover a broad range of the issues that practitioners need to be considering, and which feature in the new edition, including; Issues resulting from the Covid […]
Solicitor struck off maintained Wills were ‘ostensibly valid’
A former owner of a South-East law firm has been struck off the roll after acting dishonestly by providing 33 false and misleading Will documents. The law firm employer had asked staff repeatedly to falsely testify they had witnessed Wills being signed when in fact they had never been in the room at the time. […]
Practitioners urged to use probate application guide to reduce errors
HM Courts and Tribunals Services (HMCTS) have published a guide to help practitioners reduce potential errors when submitting probate applications online. It has been confirmed that on average, over 35% of applications for probate are ‘stopped’ by HMCTS because they are missing documentation or data. HMCTS said because of the errors, cases end up being […]
Hear from Cancer Research, winners at the British Wills and Probate Awards 2020
On Thursday 22 October 2020, professionals from across the wills and probate sector came together to celebrate the successes and achievements of the industry is what has been a challenging year, at the British Wills and Probate Awards 2020. The awards, which was back for it’s third year, took to the virtual stage and was […]
England to be in the two toughest tier levels after lockdown
Health Secretary Matt Hancock sets out tougher rules for England’s new coronavirus tier system. As we come out of the second lockdown in a bid to protect vital services in the fight against the virus, Hancock confirmed that most of England will now be in the two toughest levels of measures when lockdown ends. After […]