Your intellectual property – part of your estate
What counts as intellectual property and why do you need to consider it carefully when drawing up your Will? Willwriters.com looked into the issue earlier this year, spurred on by Colin the Caterpillar, the Marks and Spencer cake that hit the headlines when the supermarket disputed the use of its intellectual property with the discount […]
Dementia killed more women than Covid in 2020
The office for national statistics has revealed that Dementia killed more women in 2020 than Covid-19. In 2020 Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease killed 45,922 women and was the leading cause of death in England and Wales. For men Covid-19 was the biggest killer with Dementia registering as the third most common, killing more than 24,000. […]
Critics call for probate fee increases to be put on hold
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is set to increase probate charges to a flat fee of £273 for all applicants despite criticisms that the current service is poor and in need of improvement. The planned increases will rise from £155 for professional users and £215 for non-professionals regardless of the size of the estate, but […]