Accountants: The advantages of offering Probate
Following on from our first blog post, Accountants: Could you be offering probate? we continue with our series looking at the advantages offering probate can bring to accountancy firms. Provide your email address to sign-up and receive the final edition of our blog series, a helpful ‘How to Guide’ on setting up a probate department […]
Low Mileage Classics in latest Silverstone Auction
Silverstone Auctions next sale is just under two weeks away as part of The Classic at Silverstone. The catalogue brings a number of unrepeatable, low mileage examples with unrepeatable opportunities and the UK classic car auction market leaders are now encouraging people to register to bid prior to the sale weekend. Confirmed for the sale […]
Driving the value of content
Content marketing is one of the most valuable tools we have under our belts and content articles within the legal sector continue to be a great source of information and engagement when it comes to talking to prospects or existing clients. During the pandemic we have really seen a surge in thought leadership articles, in […]
Podcast discusses the rise in inheritance disputes
In the latest Topical Talks with Title Research podcast, Dicky Davies, Business Development Director at Tower Street Finance, joins Anthony Allsopp, Head of Business at Title Research, to discuss how blended families, co-habiting couples and DIY Wills could all be contributing to the rise in inheritance disputes. More specifically, the podcast explores: Why do inheritance […]
Government outlines changes to MyHMCTS online service
Officials from HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) have written to probate practitioners to outline changes to the MyHMCTS digital service. The changes, which aim to streamline and add functionality to MyHMCTS, are due to go live on 19 August. Included among them are the following: Trust Corporations will be able to apply for a […]
£320m funding for bereaved families announced
Draft plans brought forward have proposed that co-habiting couples with children could become eligible for bereavement support in the event of their spouse’s death. Department for Work and Pensions minister, Baroness Stedman-Scott will set out plans to extend bereavement support to cohabiting couples with children. Widowed Parent’s Allowance and Bereavement Support Payments will be extended […]
Lawyers Losing Out: the UK’s Hidden Estates
When individuals pass away, families and friends of the deceased will be grieving. Unfortunately, there are also a number of tasks that have to be carried out at this difficult time. These include planning the funeral, packing up the belongings and winding up the affairs of the deceased. Winding up financial affairs involves identifying and […]