Josh is the Journalist for the Today’s Group and writes many of the articles for Today’s Conveyancer. He graduated with a degree in Physics from Cardiff University in 2009 before training as a journalist.
He has previously written for The Times, The Mirror and The Daily Express.
A retired Financial Advisor turned care home funding advisor has called on Legal professionals to educate themselves when it comes to paying for old age care While selling the house and putting the money in
The Society of Will Writers have released guidance on what they consider good standards of client care The guidance note covers client care letters terms of business and their own membership principles It also covers
A solicitor from Cheshire has been jailed for three years after taking £370 000 from a dying pensioner Peter Taylor who worked at wills probate and estates planning practice Nightingales in Poynton Cheshire pleaded guilty
A high court judge has rejected an appeal over a will which saw a man leave his entire estate to his Mistress 8211 and nothing to his three children Ken Jordan 8217 s £2 million
The Society of Will Writers have announced details of their 2016 conference which will take place on Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th October at the Abbey Hotel in Redditch Speakers include Professor Lesley King who
The Law Society has responded to the Ministry of Justice 8217 s consultation on increasing court fees calling the proposed fee increases excessive The society criticised the MoJ for looking to fund general court costs
A combination of dementia and Alzheimer 8217 s related deaths as well as respiratory diseases like flu amongst older people caused the biggest increase in deaths in over a decade according to the office for
According to the SWW will writers are likely to come across clients vulnerable in several different ways due to age sensory impairment language issues illiteracy or even a difficulty comprehending information because of emotional factors
Co op Legal Services have posted a small £700 000 profit for 2015 after a loss of £5 million in 2014 The return to profit is being due to restructuring rather than anything else as
Cheshire based law firm Rowlinsons have achieved the Legal Eye Quality Standard The multi disciplinary firm who provide conveyancing as well as will and probate services are the latest to achieve the standard which Legal
29 of legal firms have put prices up in the past twelve months according to a survey by the legal services board According to the telephone survey of 1 506 conducted between November and January
A solicitor has been struck off and ordered to pay £10 000 costs over allegations he billed clients for work he didn 8217 t do David Michael Merrick had been a solicitor since 1981 but
Pensions advice and review scams are now the leading form of unsolicited contact for people approaching retirement with up to two million receiving unsolicited calls in the past year alone according to Citizens Advice A
The Government has published its consultation document on changing probate fees
A web designer who refused to let her partner of 16 years go paragliding without writing a will says she would have lost £400 000 were it not for the will written in a Turkish
While six million people have experience of being an executor just one in 25 knows they could face unlimited liability based on their actions That 8217 s according to a survey conducted by Censuswide Castleacre
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers have announced their intention to cut fees for those it regulated by a fifth with the changes set to come into effect at the beginning of November The CLC recently
A Bath based law firm has brought in a new wills probate trusts and Powers of Attorney solicitor to it 8217 s Queen Square office Mowbray Woodwards have appointed Owen Mason as a solicitor to
Mr Justice Mostyn has defended the Court of Protection saying he wanted to dispel the myth it is 8220 sinister 8221 and 8220 secret 8221 The Court of Protection is currently undergoing a pilot scheme
The parent company of comparison services eConveyancer and compareprobate co uk has announced a new venture aimed at providing comparison services for will writers ULS Technology PLC announced the move with two unnamed partners to
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