British Wills and Probate Awards: Judges’ Insights Alex Holt and Matthew Lagden
As Champagne Sponsors at this year’s British Wills and Probate Awards 2021, we continue to celebrate with our Judges’ insights series. We will be sharing weekly interviews with the judges themselves to get their views on the future of the industry and what firms need to do to excel. Following last week’s interview with Carrie Caladine, Managing Director at […]
Why are inheritance disputes on the rise?
Due to more dynamic family structures and individuals increasingly owning more assets than ever before, it may not come as a surprise that inheritance disputes have been on the rise since 2015. Unfortunately, contentious cases can cause various complications, and as a result, can delay the estate administration process. In their latest blog, Kings Court […]
Industry Reacts as deadline for LPA Consultation Passes
The deadline for submissions to the consultation started in July over proposed reforms to Lasting Powers of Attorney has now passed. The consultation was launched with the ambition of “(making) the service quicker to use, easy to access and even more secure from fraud” according to Justice Minister, Alex Chalk MP. The proposed reform of the existing […]
JOIN US: Live stream The British Wills and Probate Awards 2021
With just a few days to go until The British Wills and Probate Awards 2021, sponsored by Executor Solutions, momentum is building toward the big day. And we invite you to join us on the live stream available via The British Wills and Probate Awards website. This year’s hybrid event will see the industry come […]
Failure to introduce “proper risk assessments” number one AML failure
A review completed by the Solicitors Regulations Authority into law firm anti-money laundering failures has identified a 40% increase in the number of potential AML breaches reported to the SRA, with the number one area of non-compliance is not having a proper risk assessment in place for AML matters. The SRA has published its first […]
Hybrid working opens up new opportunities for widening commuter belts
In a national survey of full or part-time employed people 9 in 10 workers (92%), who now increasingly divide their time between home and the office, would be willing to commute further to buy or rent their desired property or live in their preferred location The survey also found that 69% of hybrid workers are […]
Widow awarded £80,000 from brother-in-law’s inheritance
Beneficiary that inherited a one-half beneficial interest in a house by survivorship, is ordered to return £80,000 in equity to the estate of his dead brother. In the recent High Court case of Beg v Beg, 2021 EWHC 2598 Ch, the deceased Ehsan Beg left a will bequeathing his estate in full to his wife […]
Women leaving more but planning less when it comes to inheritance
The gender gap is no more obvious than in estate planning according to an analysis data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and Fidelity Research by financial solutions provider Tower Street Finance. According to Fidelity Research more than half of the 53% of women who intend on leaving an inheritance have no financial planning […]
