Movers and Shakers – 18th 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 announces six new Partner promotions Regional […]
New era for industry leading “Today’s” publications
The industry leading “Today’s” publications enter a new era as owners Chris Harris and Karen Babington step away from the business. Covering three main areas of private client law, conveyancing, wills and probate and family, the three publications have a significant reach and influence in their respective sectors. Managing Director David Opie will take the […]
Pandemic prompts older workers to change their retirement plans
Sarah Coles, personal finance analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown discusses the findings of ONS’ latest study on Living Longer : older workers during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. 1 in 8 (13%) workers aged 50 and over have changed their retirement plans as a result of the pandemic: 5% will retire earlier and 8% will retire later, […]
Q&A with Exizent on their Research Community
Today’s Wills and Probate talk to Jennifer Macpherson, Head of Service Design at Exizent about their Research Community. What is the Exizent research community? The Exizent Research Community is a panel of professionals who provide wills, estate planning or estate administration and are passionate about influencing and improving the industry, both for their clients and […]
Cohabitee’s rights on death
This article has been written by Georgia Wookey, Associate Solicitor from Wards Solicitors The number of recent enquiries regarding contentious probate matters involving unmarried cohabiting couples has increased. This is not surprising when according to the ONS “the number of cohabiting couple families continues to grow faster than married couples and lone parent families with […]
Wills and Probate: Why Your Firm Needs Cloud-Based Solutions
As of last year, 88% of UK businesses had adopted cloud-based technology. Has your wills and probate law firm done so yet for all your practice management needs? Chances are you’re already using some cloud-based technology. Most lawyers use the cloud as part of other internet-related services, whether those be professional or personal: Dropbox, Gmail, […]
Introducing Estate Search our new Women in Wills sponsor
Women in Wills is delighted to announce EstateSearch, as a new sponsor. I recently spent some time talking to Ben Furlong and Kathryn Spencer to find out why they decided to join forces and sponsor the Women in Wills group over the next 12 months. Kathryn said: “When Estatesearch began three years ago, we entered […]
The Gazette offers a £50 gift card prize draw for survey
The Gazette, the UK’s official public record, is looking for probate solicitors to take part in a survey, and respondents could win a £50 John Lewis Gift Card. The survey helps The Gazette to improve its deceased estate notice placement service, and better understand the core decision-making process for notice placement. Claudia Owen, Research Manager […]
