Balance wellbeing with productivity in the modern legal workplace
The legal profession has never stood still. Over recent years, client expectations, market competition and the march of technology have reshaped how legal teams operate. The pace can be invigorating, but it can also be exhausting. Behind every case, contract and client conversation lies a more personal challenge, how do we perform at your best […]
1000% price rise for cost of probate certificates are an unfair ‘windfall tax’ on grieving families, says The Estate Registry
The Estate Registry (TER), which provides a range of end-of-life admin services, including InheritNOW, LegacyNOW, and bereavement notification services NotifyNOW and Settld, has said fee increases for documents announced by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), could have a huge financial and emotional effect on bereaved families. Fees for certificates, which includes probate certificates, wills or […]
Latest judgment reasserts a cautious approach in the courts to overturning wills without clear and compelling evidence
The last Will of a mother who disinherited her daughter, sparking a battle between siblings, has been ruled valid after claims it was subject to undue influence. Dervishe Halil, a Cypriot who moved to London with her husband in 1952, died in 2021 leaving an estate worth c £1.1m. She had historically, through a series […]
Jenkins v Evans [2025] EWHC 2438 (Ch): Capacity, the golden rule and a cautionary tale for practitioners
When HHJ Russen KC handed down his judgment in Jenkins v Evans [2025] EWHC 2438 (Ch), it didn’t just close a four-year family feud over a modest Wiltshire estate – it reaffirmed several cornerstones of English probate law that every private Client lawyer should have etched in their mind. This was, in many ways, a […]