Webinar: Adult Social Care Funding – Topics and Tensions, with ‘paying for care’ expert Cate Searle

Guest lecturer for MBL, Solicitors for the Elderly and Elderly Client Handbook contributor Cate Searle will discuss the blurring lines between community care law and more traditional private and older client law in ‘Adult Social Care Funding: topics and tensions’. Fraser and Fraser invite you to register for this free webinar, taking place on March […]
Webinar: How to avoid and resolve pitfalls in Will drafting with a new perspective in the digital age

The National Will Register are pleased to welcome Beth Holden, Partner and Umar Shaikh, Solicitor from Anthony Gold Solicitors who will be presenting our upcoming Certainty Expert Webinar on Wednesday 10th March 2021 at 12.00pm, titled ‘How to avoid and resolve pitfalls in Will drafting with a new perspective in the digital age’. During the […]
Exizent ranked number 3 in TechRound’s prestigious Fintech50

Exizent has been ranked number three in the top 50 Fintech businesses and start-ups in the UK. TechRound’s Fintech50 ranks fintech businesses and start-ups in the UK for their innovation and contribution to the UK’s fast-growing start-up scene, highlighting the diversity and success in the sector. Glasgow based Exizent – the first ever platform that connects data, services and […]
Opportunity to take ownership of 1975 Porsche 911 Carrera MFI Safari Rally Car

Silverstone Auctions Race Retro Live Online Auction will see this exceptional 1975 Porsche 911 Carrera MFI Safari Rally Car offered in their first sale of 2021. The East African safari winning Tuthill Porsche 911, started life in January 1975 as a relatively rare Porsche 911 Carrera 2.7 MFI Coupe where it was then converted into […]
Confirmation v Probate in Scotland

Amy Wardrop, Senior Solicitor, Friends Legal (part of the By Your Side team) provides expert advice on a wide range of private client matters, including guardianship orders, intervention orders, powers of attorney, preparation of wills, estate planning, trusts and executries. She is a member of Solicitors for Older People Scotland and Solicitors for the Elderly. […]
Judges confirmed for the upcoming British Wills and Probate Awards

We are pleased to reveal some of the judging panel for The British Wills and Probate Awards 2021. There are some familiar faces on the panel, whose task it is to pick the winners for this year’s celebrations. The judges are: Lakshmi Turner is a marketing specialist with over 30 years’ experience in all aspects […]
Roundtable discusses innovation in probate services

Yesterday professionals across the sector joined together virtually to discuss innovation in probate services and placing the client at the heart of the estate practice. The roundtable was opened and hosted by Today’s Wills and Probate, David Opie, along with sponsors Executor Solutions, a specialist property company and an expert bespoke lender, Ampla Finance. Welcome […]
Professionals discuss dealing with digital assets

Last month the Law Society stressed the importance of including ‘digital assets’ in Wills after research reveals that three quarters of people do not know what happens to their online presence after they die. Today’s Wills and Probate asks experts in the industry their experiences in dealing with digital assets and what provisions they have […]
Honey Legal looks to recruit probate experts as growth soars

Established in 2010, Honey Legal has gone from strength to strength. From a beginning providing Wills, Honey now offers a full range of estate planning services, including lasting power of attorney, trusts, probate and funeral plans. Probate has been a particular area of growth, with business expanding rapidly, meaning Honey is looking for solicitors and […]
Breadth of issues highlighted in contentious probate cases

Stephanie Kerr, an associate solicitor at Brabners highlights and discusses various contentious probate cases which have increased over the 12 months due to the pandemic. The Courts, like contentious probate solicitors, were certainly kept busy in 2020 and the following cases show the breadth of issues which the Courts deal with in relation to wills, […]