Day: 14 May 2021

Faster uploading of ID photos, documents and videos

We’ve updated Alpha Legal so that ID photos, documents and videos all upload much more quickly This change also helps clients with slower Internet speeds who, previously, may have not waited for their form and ID documents to upload before cancelling and trying again. Plus Alpha Legal users and their clients have never liked the timers that encouraged forms […]

Dying Matters Awareness Week: The role of an Executor

Deciding who will be responsible for carrying out the instructions of a Will should be a task considered wisely and is a topic that is encouraged to be discussed more openly. Unfortunately, many families experience the passing of a loved one without this discussion and with little planning in place. Kings Court Trust’s latest blog, in […]

Registered Will quickly located that prevented incorrect estate distribution

Every day The National Will Register locates unknown Wills for estates that were believed to be intestate or a later Will is found that revokes the Will being used to distribute an estate. Many solicitors and probate professionals conduct a Certainty Will Search as a matter of course when dealing with an estate to ensure […]

Movers and Shakers – 14th June

Here at Today’s Wills and Probate, we wanted to share with you the good news we’ve had within in the industry of professionals joining firms and those who have moved up the promotional ladder. This week we’ve seen the following announcement with regards to appointments and promotions…… Wards Solicitors strengthens Disputes team with new appointment […]

Entries for the British Wills and Probate Awards extended

The chance to enter this year’s British Wills and Probate Awards has been extended by a week, with the new deadline being set as the 21st May. The fourth awards are brought to you by Today’s Wills and Probate, alongside headline sponsor Executor Solutions. The awards which are brought to you by Today’s Wills and […]

Inheritance tax avoidance caused charitable legacies to soar

Charitable donations left in Wills escalated last year as recent findings revealed that there has been 61 percent increase in charitable bequests in final wishes.  Recent data from Co-op will writers showed the number of people leaving tax-free gifts to charities in their wills has soared as coronavirus fatalities result in more being caught by […]

Clinical tech launched to support legal experts identify mental capacity

Clinical Tech provider, Comentis, launches the first of its kind clinically backed technology to the legal and financial services markets to tackle the growing issue of people lacking mental capacity at any one time. The Cognitive Assessment Engine (CAE) supports private client law firms in the identification of clients with reduced mental capacity, through software […]

Clitheroe v Bond – lessons on testamentary capacity

and the importance of good advice at the outset of a claim Alison Parry, Partner at JMW Solicitors, discusses testamentary capacity and the recent judgment that demonstrates 150-year old law is as relevant as ever. On 21 May 2020, judgment was handed down on the sad but interesting case of Clitheroe v Bond. Permission was […]

Website Transparency – Haven’t we done this already?

As part of our ‘Technical Corner’ we want to bring you information that will help you to continue to learn and grow in your career. This month’s technical corner article comes from Amy Bell, Director of Teal Compliance. We have seen an increase in the enquiries we have had about compliance with the Transparency Rules. […]

Miles v Shearer [2021] EWHC 1000 (Ch) – Put away your ‘chequebook’

The recent high-profile case of Miles v Shearer demonstrates that the court will not make an award for financial provision for an adult child where it considers they are not in financial need even where there is a large estate. This case concerned the two, adult daughters of Tony Shearer who sadly died from an […]