Thursday 18th October will be the day of the inaugural British Wills and Probate Awards, held at the Palms Conservatory, Ardencoat in Warwick. The British Wills and Probate Awards is the first and only ceremony to recognise excellence in the profession of Will Writing and Probate services. Despite being in its first year, over 70 […]Read More
British Wills and Probate are pleased to announce the shortlist for the awards ceremony to be hosted on 18th October 2018, sponsored by Arken.legal The shortlist is as follows: Category Shortlist Best use of Marketing and Social Media Sponsored by Solve Legal Marketing Wills & Probate Services (Estate Planning) Ltd Stephensons Solicitors LLP Thy Will […]Read More
A recent report warns that the UK is facing an incapacity crisis; with the nation unprepared for end of life. According to Solicitors for the Elderly and leading think-tank Centre for Future Studies, millions of Britons are leaving vital decisions about their care in the hands of strangers. The study highlights that a growing number […]Read More
Genealogical research and asset repatriation business, Title Research, has highlighted the importance of family tree verification in its latest case study. The report looks at how changing family dynamics can easily lead to misdistribution without proper investigation. In this case, Title Research was instructed to verify the deceased’s paternal family in an intestacy case. The […]Read More
Alan Eccles, the Public Guardian for England & Wales, has launched a pilot aiming to reduce intra-familial disputes in cases where there is a lasting power of attorney (LPA), an enduring power of attorney (EPA) or a court-appointed deputy. Such disputes can risk the protection of a person who is vulnerable because they may not […]Read More
In a recent appeal, a High Court judge upheld a decision which allowed one beneficial owner of a property to buy out his siblings’ (the other beneficial owners’) interests in the property at a price determined by a valuation exercise rather than a sale on the open market. In this case, a house was left […]Read More
Today the SRA have released their Risk Outlook 2018/19. They have included two new priority risks this year: 1. Managing claims ‘We are increasingly concerned about the practises of some firms that offer personal injury work, including holiday sickness claims. Similarly, some firms bringing payment protection insurance claims may not always be meeting the high standards […]Read More
Seven in ten over-40s are underestimating the full State Pension amount by around £1,460 a year. That’s according to research from specialist UK financial services group Just Group. Sharing its latest findings, Just Group claims that around 25% of over-40s believe that the 2017/18 UK State Pension is around £6,000-£6,288. However, in reality, it is […]Read More
Helen Gott, Director and Head of Wills & Probate Department at Emsleys Solicitors Limited is on the judging panel for the upcoming British Wills and Probate Awards.Read More
Conservative MP Dominic Grieve is advocating a new law which would make CCTV cameras compulsory in care homes. The MP for Beaconsfield will apply for a debate and wants this to be one of the first issues considered by MPs when they return to Parliament in September. After hearing from campaign group Care Campaign for […]Read More
Families for Survival and Save the Age Ltd Earlier this week, two former trustees of Families for Survival and Save the Age Ltd were disqualified for their part in a million-pound benefit fraud scheme. Chowdhury Muyeed and Asma Khanam were jailed in 2016 for their involvement in a £1.6 million scam which saw migrants being […]Read More
A leading global provider of digital evidence management has filed a patent application to tie blockchain security to its software. Caselines – which is currently digitising trial bundles in the courts – has called on justice ministries and law firms across the globe to embrace the technology. The latest move, which is thought to be […]Read More
A care home boss in Southport has been convicted of multiple frauds after stealing millions of pounds from elderly residents. David Barton Senior has now been jailed for 21 years following the longest trial in the history of Liverpool Crown Court. The trial, which lasted over a year, uncovered how Mr Barton befriended wealthy pensioners […]Read More
The Office for Legal Complaints (OLC), which oversees the Legal Ombudsman (LeO), has today presented its Annual Report and Accounts 2017-18 to Parliament. LeO accepted 7,527 legal complaints in the 2017-18 financial year. This rose from 7,223 in the previous year with residential conveyancing, personal injury, family law, wills and probate and litigation the most […]Read More
This exciting event is brought to you by the publishers of Today’s Wills and Probate with well- known and respected journalist Jennie Bond as host. The awards are supported by many sponsors which we will be announcing over the coming weeks. As announced yesterday headline sponsors Arken Legal are thrilled to be a part of […]Read More
We are thrilled to announce that Arken.legal, a leader in software solutions for the legal services industry, are the headline sponsors of the first ever British Wills and Probate Awards 2018. This glittering event, hosted by journalist Jennie Bond, is solely dedicated to honouring excellence and success of those professionals working in the Wills and […]Read More
Since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force earlier this year, will-writers across the country have been questioning what this means to them.Read More
Non-executive director at both MyHomeMove and Profile Pensions, Ian Floyed, is on the judging panel for the upcoming British Wills and Probate Awards. In this round of quickfire questions, he tells us where his interest in business development stemmed from, as well as why it’s so important to recognise achievement in the Wills and Probate sector. Please […]Read More
With so much of our daily lives taking place online these days how many of us have thought about what would happen to our accounts on death?Read More
CEO at Nasstar, Nigel Redwood, is on the judging panel for the upcoming British Wills and Probate Awards.Read More
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