Free virtual seminar: ‘Dealing with America: Avoiding the common pitfalls of handling US assets’
Title Research is back on Wednesday 24th February from 12:00pm – 1:00pm with another interactive virtual seminar. Join Title Research’s Technical Manager, Simon Barber, and Business Development Manager, James Cameron, as they discuss handling US assets and how to avoid the common pitfalls. The session will include an interactive presentation which will cover: The latest […]
Webinar: ‘Asset searches for estates, powered by Inheritance Data’
Join Kings Court Trust’s Technical Manager, Nigel Merchant, and Inheritance Data’s Director of Strategic Relationships, Emma Baddaley, on Wednesday 24th February at 1pm, as they discuss the importance of financial asset searches and the reasons why it is considered best practice. The session will cover: Why do a financial asset search? What will the search […]
Estate Assets and Liabilities
With the ninth edition of the Probate Practitioners Handbook due out in the next few weeks we look at what private client teams can do to protect themselves from the increasing risks surrounding the area of estate administration and in particular what steps firms can take to protect themselves from the liabilities involved in failing […]
£1m payout in professional negligence case
Christopher Hugh Gosden and Jane Shirley Kaye have successfully won a High Court appeal against former Manchester law firm Halliwell Landau being awarded £985,300 in damages. The firm failed to register a restriction against a house at the Land Registry, and His Honour Judge Pelling QC granted the appeal due to professional negligence. HHJ Pelling […]
Reliance on family impacts probate
Most solicitors rely on the information and knowledge of the family of the deceased to complete probate, according to research from probate experts, Exizent, even though most people die without ensuring their affairs are in order. Exizent’s Probate Prospects report found that 40% of probate solicitors rely entirely on information from their clients to verify […]
