The Legal Growth Column: growing your social media audiences
I often state the obvious and say it’s pointless posting content on social media to an audience of zero so in this edition of my marketing column for Today’s Wills and Probate I’m sharing some simple tips for expanding your social media audiences. Each platform has different methods and requires different strategies but here are […]
What does an Administrator of an estate do?
When someone dies without leaving a Will, the appointed Administrator of the estate is handed a role they may not have been expecting. Kings Court Trust’s new blog clarifies what an Administrator does and the help available when someone is put in this position. As well as covering the difference between an Executor and an […]
Registering an LPA now means an 81-day wait, says government
Answering a question on lasting power of attorney (LPA) applications, a Conservative MP had conceded that the current average waiting time is just under 82 days. David Davis MP asked Tom Pursglove MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Ministry of Justice and Home Office), “what proportion of lasting power of attorney applications initiated with the […]
LSB unregulated services research reveals potential benefits and detriments
LSB research on unregulated legal services reveals potential consumer benefits and detriments. This is the first time the LSB has mapped the sector on this scale, and it suggests the number of unregulated providers comes from a pool of up to 208,000 firms in England and Wales. The sector is large, complex, and diverse and […]
Ageing population reaches record high in Census results
Recently released figures from ONS reveal that one in six people in England and Wales is an OAP. The latest census results have revealed that the population in England and Wales is continuing to age, with more people than ever before in the older age groups. Over one-sixth (18.6%, 11.1 million) of the population in […]
Legacy income growing at “rapid rate”
New data from the UK’s Legacy Monitor for the last 12 months to the end of March 2022, shows that legacy income is continuing to grow at a rapid rate, rising 15% over the previous 12 months. After a drop in 2021, caused largely by continued delays in probate administration and the effects of the […]
SRA fining powers increased to £25,000 despite industry push-back
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) will be given new powers to fine rule-breakers up to £25,000, under measures introduced yesterday (29 June 2022). The changes mean the SRA can now fine law firms and individual solicitors for a broader range of offences – from lower-level cases involving inadequate staff training to those with more serious […]
Bill of Rights raises concerns around costs and rule of law
The British Bill of Rights mooted over recent days and weeks has been met with fierce criticism from across the board, with key issues levelled at the Bill being costs and the rule of law. The Bill, currently going through the House of Commons, would likely give the UK Supreme Court primacy over Courts in […]
